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Mathematical geophysics : an introduction to rotating fluids and the Navier-Stokes equations /

Aimed at graduate students and researchers in mathematics, engineering, oceanography, meteorology and mechanics, this text provides a detailed introduction to the physical theory of rotating fluids, a significant part of geophysical fluid dynamics. The Navier-Stokes equations are examined in both in...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Chemin, Jean-Yves
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford : New York : Clarendon Press ; Oxford University Press, 2006.
Colección:Oxford lecture series in mathematics and its applications ; 32.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Preface; Acknowledgements; PART I: GENERAL INTRODUCTION; PART II: ON THE NAVIER-STOKES EQUATIONS; 1 Some elements of functional analysis; 2 Weak solutions of the Navier-Stokes equations; 3 Stability of Navier-Stokes equations; 4 References and remarks on the Navier-Stokes equations; PART III: ROTATING FLUIDS; 5 Dispersive cases; 6 The periodic case; 7 Ekman boundary layers for rotating fluids; 8 References and remarks on rotating fluids; PART IV: PERSPECTIVES; 9 Stability of horizontal boundary layers; 10 Other systems; 11 Vertical layers; 12 Other layers; References.