The IMA Volumes in Mathematics and its Applications: History, Theory, and Applications

Dumas, H.S.; Meyer, K.R.; Schmidt, D.S.

From its origins nearly two centuries ago, Hamiltonian dynamics has grown to embrace the physics of nearly all systems that evolve without dissipation, as well as a number of branches of mathematics, some of which were literally created along the way. This volume contains the proceedings of the International Conference on Hamiltonian Dynamical Systems; its contents reflect the wide scope and increasing influence of Hamiltonian methods, with contributions from a whole spectrum of researchers in mathematics and physics from more than half a dozen countries, as well as several researchers in the history of science. With the inclusion of several historical articles, this volume is not only a slice of state-of-the-art methodology in Hamiltonian dynamics, but also a slice of the bigger picture in which that methodology is imbedded.

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Published by: Springer

Publication Date: 1995-03-10

Format: Hardcover

ISBN-13: 9780387944371

DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4613-8448-9

Dimensions: cm xcm

Pages: 385