Special matrices of mathematical physics: stochastic, circulant, and Bell matrices
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Main Author: Aldrovandi, R., (Ruben) (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Singapore World Scientific ©2001
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Item Description:Includes bibliographical references (pages 309-314) and index
This work expounds three special kinds of matrices that are of physical interest, centring on physical examples. Stochastic matrices describe dynamical systems of many different types, involving (or not) phenomena like transience, dissipation, ergodicity, non-equilibrium, and hypersensitivity to initial conditions. The main characteristic is growth by agglomeration, as in glass formation. Circulants are the building blocks of elementary Fourier analysis and provide a natural gateway to quantum mechanics and non-commutative geometry. Bell polynomials offer closed expressions for many formulas concerning Lie algebra invariants, differential geometry and real gases, and their matrices are instrumental in the study of chaotic mappings
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (xv, 323 pages)
ISBN:1281951390
9781281951397
9789810247089
9789812799838
9810247087
9812799834

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