Singularities in Fluids, Plasmas and Optics (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9789401048941)

Singularities in Fluids, Plasmas and Optics, which contains the proceedings of a NATO Workshop held in Heraklion, Greece, in July 1992, provides a survey of the state of the art in the analysis and computation of singularities in physical problems drawn from fluid mechanics, plasma physics and nonlinear optics. The singularities include curvature singularities on fluid interfaces, the onset of turbulence in 3-D inviscid flows, focusing singularities for laser beams, and magnetic reconnection. The highlights of the book include the nonlinear Schrödinger equation for describing laser beam focusing, the method of complex variables for the analysis and computation of singularities on fluid interfaces, and studies of singularities for the 3-D Euler equations. The book is suitable for graduate students and researchers in these areas.


Author: Russel Caflisch
ISBN-10: 9401048940
ISBN-13: 9789401048941
Publisher: Springer
Language: English
Published: 10/16/2012
Pages: 348
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.12lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.75d