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Part 1. Introduction 1. Motivation Part 2. Nonlinear Continuous Systems 2. Linearized stability analysis 3. Rayleigh-Bénard problem: basic formulation 4. Rayleigh-Bénard problem: linearized theory of convective instability 5. Rayleigh-Bénard problem: expansion in Fourier modes 6. Lorenz equations: direct derivation for simple physical configuration Part 3. Discrete Dynamical Systems 7. Example of a nonlinear oscillator 8. Phase-space dynamics and fixed points 9. Lorenz model 10. M odel finite-difference equation: logistic map 11. Liouville's theorem revisited 12. Action-angle variables revisited 13. Perturbation of periodic Hamiltonian systems 14. Coupled separable periodic Hamiltonian systems Part 4. Problems References Index

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Book category Books in English Mathematics & science Physics Classical mechanics

• Full title: Nonlinear Mechanics
• Subtitle: A Supplement to Theoretical Mechanics of Particles and Continua
• Author: Alexander L Fetter, John Dirk Walecka
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 154
• EAN: 9780486450315
• ISBN: 0486450317
• ID: 02567226
• Publisher: Dover Publications Inc.
• Weight: 232 g
• Dimensions: 156 × 234 × 14 mm
• Date of publishing: 16. June 2006

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