Geometry, Mechanics, and Dynamics

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Newton, Paul (Editor), Holmes, Philip (Editor), Weinstein, Alan (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York, 2002.
• Subjects: Mathematics.; Dynamics.; Ergodic theory.; Continuum physics.; Statistical physics.; Dynamical systems.; Mechanics.; Mechanics, Applied.; Dynamical Systems and Ergodic Theory.; Statistical Physics, Dynamical Systems and Complexity.; Theoretical and Applied Mechanics.; Classical Continuum Physics.

Jerry Marsden, one of the world’s pre-eminent mechanicians and applied mathematicians, celebrated his 60th birthday in August 2002. The event was marked by a workshop on “Geometry, Mechanics, and Dynamics”at the Fields Institute for Research in the Mathematical Sciences, of which he wasthefoundingDi...