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Wave Motion: Theory, Modelling, and Computation

Proceedings of a Conference in Honor of the 60th Birthday of Peter D. Lax

Part of the book series: Mathematical Sciences Research Institute Publications (MSRI, volume 7)

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Table of contents (12 papers)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
  2. Lattice Vortex Models and Turbulence Theory

    • Alexandre Joel Chorin
    Pages 1-14
  3. The Curve Shortening Flow

    • C. L. Epstein, Michael Gage
    Pages 15-59
  4. Three-Dimensional Fluid Dynamics in a Two-Dimensional Amount of Central Memory

    • Steven Greenberg, David M. McQueen, Charles S. Peskin
    Pages 85-146
  5. High Frequency Similinear Oscillations

    • J. L. Joly, J. Rauch
    Pages 202-216
  6. Transonic Flow and Compensated Compactness

    • Cathleen S. Morawetz
    Pages 248-258
  7. Determinants of Laplacians on Surfaces

    • Peter Sarnak
    Pages 277-294

About this book

The 60th birthday of Peter Lax was celebrated at Berkeley by a conference entitled Wave Motion: theory, application and computation held at the mathematical Sciences Research Institute, June 9-12, 1986. Peter Lax has made profound and essential contributions to the topics described by the title of the conference, and has also contributed in important ways to many other mathematical subjects, and as a result this conference volume dedicated to him includes research work on a variety of topics, not all clearly related to its title.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Mathematics, University of California, Berkeley, USA

    Alexandre J. Chorin

  • Department of Mathematics, Princeton University, Princeton, USA

    Andrew J. Majda

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Wave Motion: Theory, Modelling, and Computation

  • Book Subtitle: Proceedings of a Conference in Honor of the 60th Birthday of Peter D. Lax

  • Editors: Alexandre J. Chorin, Andrew J. Majda

  • Series Title: Mathematical Sciences Research Institute Publications

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-9583-6

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 1987

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4613-9585-0Published: 17 February 2013

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4613-9583-6Published: 08 March 2013

  • Series ISSN: 0940-4740

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: X, 336

  • Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Theoretical, Mathematical and Computational Physics

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eBook USD 39.99
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Softcover Book USD 54.99
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  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
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