Heavenly Encounter -- The Origin of Chaos and Stability -- Open Humanities

Author: (Romanian) Diacu, (American) Holmes, translated by Wang Lanyu
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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 authors vividly recount the story of Poincaré's discovery of chaos, outline symbolic dynamics, collisions and singularities, stability, and the KAM theory, 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 authors vividly recount the story of Poincaré's discovery of chaos, outline symbolic dynamics, collisions and singularities, stability, and the KAM theory.