Spinning Tops : A Course on Integrable Systems (Cambridge Studies in Advanced Mathematics)
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'This book has several remarkable features ... This small book has very rich contents which can be commended to any mathematician or physicist interested in the subject.' European Mathematical Society
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Since the time of Lagrange and Euler, it has been well known that an understanding of algebraic curves can illuminate the picture of rigid bodies provided by classical mechanics. Many mathematicians have established a modern view of the role played by algebraic geometry in recent years. This book presents some of these modern techniques, which fall within the orbit of finite dimensional integrable systems. The main body of the text presents a rich assortment of methods and ideas from algebraic geometry prompted by classical mechanics, while in appendices the author describes general, abstract theory. She gives the methods a topological application, for the first time in book form, to the study of Liouville tori and their bifurcations.
Spinning Tops: A Course on Integrable Systems (Cambridge Studies in Advanced Mathematics),Michhle Audin,B. Bollobas,W. Fulton,A. Katok,F. Kirwan,P. Sarnak,B. Simon,B. Totaro,Mich^D`ele Audin,Cambridge University Press,0521779197,General,Geometry - Algebraic,Geometry - General,Mathematics,Science/Mathematics,Calculus & mathematical analysis,Differential & Riemannian geometry,Mathematics / Applied,Tops
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