- Qa faut avouer, dit Trouscaillon qui, dans cette simple ellipse, utilisait hyperboliquement Ie cercle vicieux de la parabole. - Bun, dit Ie Sanctimontronais, j'y vais. (R. Queneau, Zazie dans Ie metru, Chapitre X.) L'etude des groupes infinis a toujours ete en relation etroite avec des considerations geometriques: etude des deplacements de l'espace euclidien R3 (Jordan, 1868), programme d'Erlangen (Klein, 1872), travaux de Lie et Poincare. L'approche combinatoire des groupes, fondee sur la notion de presentation, remonte a Dyck (1882) mais doit son developpement en premier lieu a Dehn (des...
- Qa faut avouer, dit Trouscaillon qui, dans cette simple ellipse, utilisait hyperboliquement Ie cercle vicieux de la parabole. - Bun, dit Ie Sanctimo...
Poisson manifolds play a fundamental role in Hamiltonian dynamics, where they serve as phase spaces. They also arise naturally in other mathematical problems, and form a bridge from the "commutative world" to the "noncommutative world." The aim of this book is twofold: On the one hand, it gives a quick, self-contained introduction to Poisson geometry and related subjects, including singular foliations, Lie groupoids and Lie algebroids. On the other hand, it presents a comprehensive treatment of the normal form problem in Poisson geometry. Even when it comes to classical results, the book...
Poisson manifolds play a fundamental role in Hamiltonian dynamics, where they serve as phase spaces. They also arise naturally in other mathematica...
This book is an introduction to the subject of mean curvature flow of hypersurfaces with special emphasis on the analysis of singularities. This flow occurs in the description of the evolution of numerous physical models where the energy is given by the area of the interfaces. These notes provide a detailed discussion of the classical parametric approach (mainly developed by R. Hamilton and G. Huisken). They are well suited for a course at PhD/PostDoc level and can be useful for any researcher interested in a solid introduction to the technical issues of the field. All the proofs are...
This book is an introduction to the subject of mean curvature flow of hypersurfaces with special emphasis on the analysis of singularities. This flow ...
Lagrangian systems constitute a very important and old class in dynamics. Their origin dates back to the end of the eighteenth century, with Joseph-Louis Lagrange's reformulation of classical mechanics. The main feature of Lagrangian dynamics is its variational flavor: orbits are extremal points of an action functional. The development of critical point theory in the twentieth century provided a powerful machinery to investigate existence and multiplicity questions for orbits of Lagrangian systems. This monograph gives a modern account of the application of critical point theory, and more...
Lagrangian systems constitute a very important and old class in dynamics. Their origin dates back to the end of the eighteenth century, with Joseph-Lo...
Hans Duistermaat, an influential geometer-analyst, made substantial contributions to the theory of ordinary and partial differential equations, symplectic, differential, and algebraic geometry, minimal surfaces, semisimple Lie groups, mechanics, mathematical physics, and related fields. Written in his honor, the invited and refereed articles in this volume contain important new results as well as surveys in some of these areas, clearly demonstrating the impact of Duistermaat's research and, in addition, exhibiting interrelationships among many of the topics.
Hans Duistermaat, an influential geometer-analyst, made substantial contributions to the theory of ordinary and partial differential equations, sym...
This volume provides a unified exposition of thermodynamic formalism and some of its main extensions, with an emphasis on the relation to the dimension theory and the multifractal analysis of dynamical systems. It also includes a discussion of the most substantial applications.
This volume provides a unified exposition of thermodynamic formalism and some of its main extensions, with an emphasis on the relation to the dimensio...