The Kolmogorov Legacy in Physics

ISBN-13: 9783642057861 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 247 str.

Angelo Vulpiani;Roberto Livi

Opis

The present volume, published at the occasion of his 100th birthday anniversary, is a collection of articles that reviews the impact of Kolomogorov's work in the physical sciences and provides an introduction to the modern developments that have been triggered in this way to encompass recent applications in biology, chemistry, information sciences and finance.

Spis treści

Part I: Chaos and Dynamical Systems.- Part II: Algorithmic Complexity and Information Theory.- Part III: Turbulence.- Part IV: Applications of Probability Theory.

Blurb

The present volume, published at the occasion of his 100th birthday anniversary, is a collection of articles that reviews the impact of Kolomogorov's work in the physical sciences and provides an introduction to the modern developments that have been triggered in this way to encompass recent applications in biology, chemistry, information sciences and finance. This book addresses scientists and postgraduate students in applied mathematics and theoretical physics.