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Theory of Ordinary Differential Equations

TL;DR: The prerequisite for the study of this book is a knowledge of matrices and the essentials of functions of a complex variable as discussed by the authors, which is a useful text in the application of differential equations as well as for the pure mathematician.
Abstract: The prerequisite for the study of this book is a knowledge of matrices and the essentials of functions of a complex variable. It has been developed from courses given by the authors and probably contains more material than will ordinarily be covered in a one-year course. It is hoped that the book will be a useful text in the application of differential equations as well as for the pure mathematician.
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TL;DR: A survey article on the area of global analysis defined by differentiable dynamical systems or equivalently the action (differentiable) of a Lie group G on a manifold M is presented in this paper.
Abstract: This is a survey article on the area of global analysis defined by differentiable dynamical systems or equivalently the action (differentiable) of a Lie group G on a manifold M. An action is a homomorphism G→Diff(M) such that the induced map G×M→M is differentiable. Here Diff(M) is the group of all diffeomorphisms of M and a diffeo- morphism is a differentiable map with a differentiable inverse. Everything will be discussed here from the C ∞ or C r point of view. All manifolds maps, etc. will be differentiable (C r , 1 ≦ r ≦ ∞) unless stated otherwise.

2,954 citations

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01 Jan 1996
TL;DR: In this article, the authors present a review of rigor properties of low-dimensional models and their applications in the field of fluid mechanics. But they do not consider the effects of random perturbation on models.
Abstract: Preface Part I. Turbulence: 1. Introduction 2. Coherent structures 3. Proper orthogonal decomposition 4. Galerkin projection Part II. Dynamical Systems: 5. Qualitative theory 6. Symmetry 7. One-dimensional 'turbulence' 8. Randomly perturbed systems Part III. 9. Low-dimensional Models: 10. Behaviour of the models Part IV. Other Applications and Related Work: 11. Some other fluid problems 12. Review: prospects for rigor Bibliography.

2,920 citations

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TL;DR: The Internal Model Principle is extended to weakly nonlinear systems subjected to step disturbances and reference signals and is shown that, in the frequency domain, the purpose of the internal model is to supply closed loop transmission zeros which cancel the unstable poles of the disturbance andreference signals.

2,613 citations

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15 Jun 2001
TL;DR: The Time Scales Calculus as discussed by the authors is a generalization of the time-scales calculus with linear systems and higher-order linear equations, and it can be expressed in terms of linear Symplectic Dynamic Systems.
Abstract: Preface * The Time Scales Calculus * First Order Linear Equations * Second Order Linear Equations * Self-Adjoint Equations * Linear Systems and Higher Order Equations * Dynamic Inequalities * Linear Symplectic Dynamic Systems * Extensions * Solutions to Selected Problems * Bibliography * Index

2,581 citations

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TL;DR: In this paper, a spinor affine connection is proposed for general relativity by means of a tetrad or spinor formalism, which is applied to two problems in radiationtheory; a concise proof of a theorem of Goldberg and Sachs and a description of the asymptotic behavior of the Riemann tensor and metric tensor, for outgoing gravitational radiation.
Abstract: A new approach to general relativity by means of a tetrad or spinor formalism is presented. The essential feature of this approach is the consistent use of certain complex linear combinations of Ricci rotation coefficients which give, in effect, the spinor affine connection. It is applied to two problems in radiationtheory; a concise proof of a theorem of Goldberg and Sachs and a description of the asymptotic behavior of the Riemann tensor and metric tensor, for outgoing gravitational radiation.

2,320 citations