Geometric Dynamics - C. Udriste

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Résumé :
The theme of this book is the philosophy that any particle flow generates a particle dynamics, in a suitable geometrical framework. It introduces the reader in a gradual and accessible manner to this subject, covering topics that include: geometrical and physical vector fields; field lines; flows; stability of equilibrium points; potential systems and catastrophe geometry; field hypersurfaces; bifurcations; distribution orthogonal to a vector field; extrema with nonholonomic constraints; thermodynamic systems; energies; geometric dynamics induced by a vector field; magnetic fields around piecewise rectilinear electric circuits; geometric magnetic dynamics; and granular materials and their mechanical behavior. br/ emPrimary audience:/em First-year graduate students in mathematics, mechanics, physics, engineering, biology, chemistry, economics. Part of the book can be used for undergraduate students. emSecondary audience:/em The book is addressed also to professors and researchers whose work involves mathematics, mechanics, physics, engineering, biology, chemistry, and economics.

Sommaire:
Preface. 1. Vector Fields. 2. Particular Vector Fields. 3. Field Lines. 4. Stability of Equilibrium Points. 5. Potential Differential Systems of Order One and Catastrophe Theory. 6. Field Hypersurfaces. 7. Bifurcation Theory. 8. Submanifolds Orthogonal to Field Lines. 9. Dynamics Induced by a Vector Field. 10. Magnetic Dynamical Systems and Sabba Stefanescu Conjectures. 11. Bifurcations in the Mechanics of Hypoelastic Granular Materials; L. Dragusin. Bibliography. Index.