Variational and extremum principles in macroscopic systems /

Recent years have seen a growing trend to derive models of macroscopic phenomena encountered in the fields of engineering, physics, chemistry, ecology, self-organisation theory and econophysics from various variational or extremum principles. Through the link between the integral extremum of a funct...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Other Authors: Sieniutycz, Stanislaw, Farkas, Henrik
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Amsterdam ; Boston : Elsevier, 2005.
Edition:1st ed.
Subjects:
Calculus of variations.
Extremal problems (Mathematics)
Mathematical physics.
Calcul des variations.
Probl�emes extr�emaux (Math�ematiques)
Physique math�ematique.
SCIENCE > Physics > Mathematical & Computational.
Calculus of variations
Mathematical physics
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Part I: Theory
  • Variational Principles in Macroscopic Systems
  • Part II: Applications
  • Statistical Physics and Thermodynamics, Hydrodynamics and Continuum Mechanics, Transport Phenomena and Energy Conversion, Ecology, Selforganization and Econophysics
  • Glossary of principal symbols
  • Index.

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