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Nonlinear Waves, Solitons and Chaos
by Infeld, Eryk & George Rowlands
- Used
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- VG/No dj
- ISBN 10
- 0521379377
- ISBN 13
- 9780521379373
- Seller
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Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
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About This Item
Cambridge, England et al.: Cambridge University Press, 1990 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Laminated pictorial covers, white titles on spine, xi, 423 pp, many figures, bibliography, author index, subject index. Head of spine bumped, slight wear to covers. Beginning wave mechanics courses usually make simplifying assumptions about the forces that create waves, assuming that they vary linearly in proportion to displacement of the medium. This book examines the behavior of waves in systems in which the forces are not linear. Contents: linear waves & instabilities in infinite media; convective & non-convective instabilities; group velocity in unstable media; surface waves & instabilities; model equations for small amplitude waves & solitons-weakly nonlinear theory; exact methods for fully nonlinear waves; Cartesian solitons in one & two space dimensions; evolution & stability of initially one-dimensional waves & solitons; cylindrical & spherical solitons in plasmas & other media; non-coherent phenomena. Appendices: parameter stretching as suggested by linear dispersion relations; relation between the trace method & the inverse scattering method; some formulae for perturbed nonlinear ion acoustic waves & solitons; a model equation for spherical solitons. Shipping weight 3 lbs.. First Edition. Trade Paperback. VG/No dj. 22½ X 15 cm.
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- Bookseller
- Twin City Antiquarian Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- SCPH00032
- Title
- Nonlinear Waves, Solitons and Chaos
- Author
- Infeld, Eryk & George Rowlands
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - VG
- Jacket Condition
- No dj
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0521379377
- ISBN 13
- 9780521379373
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Place of Publication
- Cambridge, England et al.
- Date Published
- 1990
- Keywords
- Science Physics
- X weight
- 48 oz
- Size
- 22½ X 15 cm
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