Stability of the Solar System and Its Minor Natural and Artificial Bodies (Nato Science Series C:, 154)

Szebehely, Victor G., edited by

ISBN 10: 9027720460 / ISBN 13: 9789027720467

Published by Springer, 1985

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Near fine hardcover w/no DJ as issued. Boards bright, slight wear; prior professor name & university on front free end paper; small marks on rear endpapers. Interior pages fine, crisp & white, no marks. See photo. Ships same day or next day.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Stability of the Solar System and Its Minor Natural and Artificial Bodies (Nato Science Series C:, 154)
• Publisher: Springer
• Publication Date: 1985
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9027720460
• ISBN 13: 9789027720467
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
• Dimensions: 15.6W x 23.39H x 2.54D centimeters 15.6 centimeters width by 23.39 centimeters height by 2.54 centimeters depth
• Weight: 3.924 pounds

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Synopsis

It is this editor's distinct pleasure to offer to the readership the text of the lectures presented at our recent NATO Advanced Study Institute held in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy between August 6 and August 17, 1984. The invited lectures are printed in their entirety while the seminar contributions are presented as abstracts. Our Advanced Study Institutes were originated in 1972 and the reader, familiar with periodic phenomena, so important in Celestial Mechanics, will easily establish the fact that this Institute was our fifth one in the series. We dedicated the Institute to the subject of stability which itself is a humbling experience since it encompasses all fields of sciences and it is a basic element of human culture. The many definitions in existence and their practical applications could easily fill another volume. It is known in this field that it is easy to deliver lectures or write papers on stability as long as the definition of stability is carefully avoided. On the other hand, if one selects a definition, he might be criticized for using that definition and not another one. In this volume we carefully defined the specific concept of stability used in every lecture. If the reader wishes to introduce other definitions we feel that he should be entirely free and we encourage him to do so. It is also known that certain sta­ bility definitions and concepts are more applicable to certain given fields than to others.