The Kolmogorov Legacy in Physics

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.

List of contents

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

Summary

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.

Product details

• Assisted by: Livi (Editor), Livi (Editor), Roberto Livi (Editor), Angel Vulpiani (Editor), Angelo Vulpiani (Editor)
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 13.10.2010
• EAN: 9783642057861
• ISBN: 978-3-642-05786-1
• No. of pages: 247
• Dimensions: 156 mm x 15 mm x 236 mm
• Weight: 408 g
• Illustrations: XV, 247 p.
• Series: Lecture Notes in Physics; Lecture Notes in Physics
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Physics, astronomy > Theoretical physics; C, Physics, Applications of Mathematics, Complex systems, Theoretical, Mathematical and Computational Physics, Physics and Astronomy, Fluid mechanics, Fluid- and Aerodynamics, Fluids, Mathematical physics, Dynamical systems, Engineering mathematics, Applied mathematics, Mathematical Methods in Physics, Dynamics & statics, Statistical physics, Statistical Physics and Dynamical Systems, Continuum Mechanics