The study of stability aims at understanding the abrupt changes
which are observed in fluid motions as the external parameters are
varied. It is a demanding study, far from full grown, whose most
interesting conclusions are recent. I have written a detailed
account of those parts of the recent theory which I regard as
established. Acknowledgements I started writing this book in 1967
at the invitation of Clifford Truesdell. It was to be a short work
on the energy theory of stability and if I had stuck to that I
would have finished the writing many years ago. The theory of
stability has developed so rapidly since 1967 that the book I might
then have written would now have a much too limited scope. I am
grateful to Truesdell, not so much for the invitation to spend
endless hours of writing and erasing, but for the generous way he
has supported my efforts and encouraged me to higher standards of
good work. I have tried to follow Truesdell's advice to write this
work in a clear and uncomplicated style. This is not easy advice
for a former sociologist to follow; if I have failed it is not due
to a lack of urging by him or trying by me. My research during the
years 1969-1970 was supported in part by a grant from the
Guggenheim foundation to study in London.
General
| Imprint: |
Springer-Verlag
|
| Country of origin: |
Germany |
| Series: |
Springer Tracts in Natural Philosophy, 28 |
| Release date: |
December 2011 |
| First published: |
1976 |
| Authors: |
D.D. Joseph
|
| Dimensions: |
244 x 170 x 15mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Paperback
|
| Pages: |
276 |
| Edition: |
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1976 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-3-642-80996-5 |
| Categories: |
Books >
Science & Mathematics >
Mathematics >
General
Books >
Science & Mathematics >
Physics >
General
|
| LSN: |
3-642-80996-0 |
| Barcode: |
9783642809965 |
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