The Collected Works of Eugene Paul Wigner.

Wigner, Eugene Paul:

ISBN 10: 3540572953 / ISBN 13: 9783540572954

Published by Springer, 2001

About this Item

536 S. Ex-library with stamp and library-signature in good condition, some traces of use. C-01349 3540572953 Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 1050.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Collected Works of Eugene Paul Wigner.
• Publisher: Springer
• Publication Date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3540572953
• ISBN 13: 9783540572954
• Binding: Hardcover
• Weight: 1050 grams
• Seller catalogs:
  • SA MATHEMATIK

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Synopsis

E.P. Wigner, one of the leading scientists involved in the early development of nuclear technology, had always in mind its political and social implications. In the 60s persuing his goal of a peaceful open world he began to develop the concept of Civil Defense against nuclear attacks. Looking back one might see this as an alternative to the concept of the Nuclear Shield. The present volume contains a selection of Wigner's writings on this subject. It is annotated by Conrad Chester.

From the Back Cover

This book explores some of the connections between control theory and geometric mechanics; that is, control theory is linked with a geometric view of classical mechanics in both its Lagrangian and Hamiltonian formulations and in particular with the theory of mechanical systems subject to motion constraints. The synthesis of the topic is appropriate as there is a particularly rich connection between mechanics and nonlinear control theory. The book provides a unified treatment of nonlinear control theory and constrained mechanical systems and illustrates the elegant mathematics behind many simple, interesting, and useful mechanical examples. It is intended for graduate students who wish to learn this subject and researchers in the area who want to enhance their techniques.

The book contains sections focusing on physical examples and elementary terms, as well as theoretical sections that use sophisticated analysis and geometry. The first four chapters offer preliminaries and background information, while the remaining five are broken down into chapters on nonholonomic mechanics, control and stabilization, optimal control, energy-based, and recent energy-based techniques for mechanical and nonholonomic systems.

The second edition of the book extends many of the topics discussed in the first edition to incorporate both new research and more historical background. The additional material includes work on the Hamel equations and quasivelocities, discrete dynamics, bo

th holonomic and nonholonomic, Hamiltonization, and the Hamilton-Jacobi equation. In addition new examples and exercises have been added.

 

Review of earlier Edition (A.J. van der Schaft, IEEE Control System Magazine, 2005 )

This book can be read on many different levels and has been described as a “delightful book that will be valuable for both the control community and researchers” .