Geometric Mechanics and Symmetry: The Peyresq Lectures
Author(s): James Montaldi (Editor), Tudor Ratiu
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication Date: June 6, 2005
Edition: First Edition
Language: English
Print length: 414 pages
ISBN-10: 9780521539579
ISBN-13: 9780521539579
Book Description
Geometric mechanics borders pure and applied mathematics and incorporates such disciplines as differential geometry, Hamiltonian mechanics and integrable systems. The source of this collection is the summer school on Geometric Mechanics and Symmetry organized by James Montaldi and Tudor Ratiu. Written with significant input from the participants at the conference, these lecture notes are geared towards fulfilling the needs of graduate students through their attention to detail.
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Book Description
The lectures in this 2005 book are intended to bring young researchers to the current frontier of knowledge in geometrical mechanics and dynamical systems.
Book Description
Geometric mechanics lies on the border of pure and applied mathematics and incorporates such disciplines as differential geometry, Hamiltonian mechanics and integrable systems. The editors organised a summer school on Geometric Mechanics and Symmetry from which the main courses have been written up and published here. The book was written with a significant input from the participants at the conference. This means that the lecture notes are thoroughly geared towards the needs of a graduate student and take great care to explain concepts at the correct level.
About the Author
James Montaldi is a Reader in Mathematics at the University of Manchester.
Tudor Ratiu is a Professor of Mathematics and holds the chair of Geometric Analysis at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne.
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