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Singularities in Fluids, Plasmas and Optics

By Russel E. Caflisch , George C. Papanicolaou (eds.) , Greg Baker , Saleh Tanveer (auth.)

Book information

Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Year
1993
ISBN
978-94-010-4894-1, 978-94-011-2022-7
DOI
10.1007/978-94-011-2022-7
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
16 MB (16884636 bytes)
Series
NATO ASI Series 404
Edition
1
Pages
348\344
Orientation
yes
Scanned
yes
Time added
2013-08-01 04:00:00
Fluid- and Aerodynamics;Nuclear PhysicsHadrons;OpticsHeavy IonsOptoelectronicsPlasmonics and Optical Devices;Mechanics;Partial D

Description

Singularities in Fluids, Plasmas and Optics, which contains the proceedings of a NATO Workshop held in Heraklion, Greece, in July 1992, provides a survey of the state of the art in the analysis and computation of singularities in physical problems drawn from fluid mechanics, plasma physics and nonlinear optics. The singularities include curvature singularities on fluid interfaces, the onset of turbulence in 3-D inviscid flows, focusing singularities for laser beams, and magnetic reconnection. The highlights of the book include the nonlinear Schrödinger equation for describing laser beam focusing, the method of complex variables for the analysis and computation of singularities on fluid interfaces, and studies of singularities for the 3-D Euler equations. The book is suitable for graduate students and researchers in these areas.

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