Heavenly Encounter: The Origin of Chaos and Stability

Author: (Romanian) D. Diaconescu
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Publish Date: 2005-04-01
Features: This book describes the historical origins and mathematical foundations of the central problem in the field of chaos and dynamical systems theory—the n-body problem. Based on extensive handwritten materials, the author vividly portrays the story of Poincaré's discovery of chaos, outlines symbolic dynamics, collisions and singularities, stability, and the theory of KAM, one of the major mathematical achievements of the 20th century. This book describes the historical origins and mathematical foundations of the central problem in the field of chaos and dynamical systems theory—the n-body problem. Based on extensive handwritten materials, the author vividly portrays the story of Poincaré's discovery of chaos, outlines symbolic dynamics, collisions and singularities, stability, and the theory of KAM, one of the major mathematical achievements of the 20th century.