Stochastic Tools in Turbulence (Applied Mathematics and Mechanics Series : Volume 12) - Hardcover

Lumley, John L.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0124600506 ISBN 13: 9780124600508

Publisher: Academic Pr, 1970

Synopsis

This accessible treatment offers the mathematical tools for describing and solving problems related to stochastic vector fields. Advanced undergraduates and graduate students will find its use of generalized functions a relatively simple method of resolving mathematical questions. It will prove a valuable reference for applied mathematicians and professionals in the fields of aerospace, chemical, civil, and nuclear engineering.
The author, Professor Emeritus of Engineering at Cornell University, starts with a survey of probability distributions and densities and proceeds to examinations of moments, characteristic functions, and the Gaussian distribution; random functions; and random processes in more dimensions. Extensive appendixes—which include information on Fourier transforms, tensors, generalized functions, and invariant theory—contribute toward making this volume mathematically self-contained.

About this edition

• Publisher: Academic Pr
• Publication date: 1970
• ISBN 10: 0124600506
• ISBN 13: 9780124600508
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 194