Spinning Tops

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.

Author: M. Audin
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 11/13/1999
Pages: 148
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.47lbs
Size: 8.98h x 6.02w x 0.32d
ISBN: 9780521779197

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