Infinite-Dimensional Dynamical Systems: An Introduction to Dissipative Parabolic Pdes and the Theory of Global Attractors (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780521635646)

This book develops the theory of global attractors for a class of parabolic PDEs that includes reaction-diffusion equations and the Navier-Stokes equations, two examples that are treated in detail. A lengthy chapter on Sobolev spaces provides the framework that allows a rigorous treatment of existence and uniqueness of solutions for both linear time-independent problems (Poisson's equation) and the nonlinear evolution equations which generate the infinite-dimensional dynamical systemss of the title. Attention then switches to the global attractor, a finite-dimensional subset of the infinite-dimensional phase space which determines the asymptotic dynamics. In particular, the concluding chapters investigate in what sense the dynamics restricted to the attractor are themselves "finite-dimensional." The book is intended as a didactic text for first year graduates, and assumes only a basic knowledge of Banach and Hilbert spaces, and a working understanding of the Lebesgue integral.

Author: James C. Robinson
ISBN-10: 0521635640
ISBN-13: 9780521635646
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 04/16/2001
Pages: 480
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.39lbs
Size: 8.91h x 6.13w x 1.01d