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The Mathematical Foundations of Mixing: The Linked Twist Map as a Paradigm in Applications: Micro to Macro, Fluids to Solids

Rob Sturman, Julio M. Ottino, and Stephen Wiggins
Publisher: 
Cambridge Univesity Pess
Publication Date: 
2006
Number of Pages: 
281
Format: 
Hardcover
Series: 
Cambridge Monographs on Applied and Computational Mathematics 22
Price: 
75.00
ISBN: 
9780521868136
Category: 
Monograph
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 Preface; 1. Mixing: physical issues; 2. Linked twist maps; 3. The ergodic hierarchy; 4. Existence of a horseshoe; 5. Hyperbolicity; 6. The ergodic partition for toral LTMs; 7. Ergodicity and Bernoulli for TLTMs; 8. Linked twist maps on the plane; 9. Further directions and open problems; Bibliography; Index.