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Integrability and nonintegrability of dynamical systems / Alain Goriely

Author
Goriely, Alain
Published
Singapore ; River Edge, NJ : World Scientific, [2001]
Copyright Date
©2001
Physical Description
1 online resource (xviii, 415 pages) : illustrations
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Contents
Preface ; Chapter 1 Introduction ; 1.1 A planar system ; 1.1.1 A dynamical system approach ; 1.1.2 An algebraic approach ; 1.1.3 An analytic approach ; 1.1.4 Relevant questions ; 1.2 The Lorenz system ; 1.2.1 A dynamical system approach ; 1.2.2 An algebraic approach, 1.2.3 An analytic approach 1.2.4 Relevant questions ; 1.3 Exercises ; Chapter 2 Integrability: an algebraic approach ; 2.1 First integrals ; 2.1.1 A canonical example: The rigid body motion ; 2.2 Classes of functions ; 2.2.1 Elementary first integrals ; 2.2.2 Differential fields, 2.3 Homogeneous vector fields 2.3.1 Scale-invariant systems ; 2.3.2 Homogeneous and weight-homogeneous decompositions ; 2.3.3 Weight-homogeneous decompositions ; 2.4 Building first integrals ; 2.4.1 A simple algorithm for polynomial first integrals ; 2.5 Second integrals, 2.5.1 Darboux polynomials 2.5.2 Darboux polynomials for planar vector fields ; 2.5.3 The Prelle-Singer Algorithm ; 2.6 Third integrals ; 2.7 Higher integrals ; 2.8 Class-reduction ; 2.9 First integrals for vector fields in R3: the compatibility analysis ; 2.10 Integrability, and 2.10.1 Local integrability 2.10.2 Liouville integrability ; 2.10.3 Algebraic integrability ; 2.11 Jacobi's last multiplier method ; 2.12 Lax pairs ; 2.12.1 General properties ; 2.12.2 Construction of Lax pairs ; 2.12.3 Completion of Lax pairs ; 2.12.4 Recycling integrable systems
Summary
This invaluable book examines qualitative and quantitative methods for nonlinear differential equations, as well as integrability and nonintegrability theory. Starting from the idea of a constant of motion for simple systems of differential equations, it investigates the essence of integrability, its geometrical relevance and dynamical consequences. Integrability theory is approached from different perspectives, first in terms of differential algebra, then in terms of complex time singularities and finally from the viewpoint of phase geometry (for both Hamiltonian and non-Hamiltonian systems).
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ISBN
9789812811943 (electronic bk.)
981281194X (electronic bk.)
981023533X
9789810235338
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 385-409) and index.
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