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Hamiltonian Chaos and Fractional Dynamics

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ISBN-10: 0198526040

ISBN-13: 9780198526049

Edition: 2005

Authors: George M. Zaslavsky

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The dynamics of realistic Hamiltonian systems has unusual microscopic features that are direct consequences of its fractional space-time structure and its phase space topology. The book deals with the fractality of the chaotic dynamics and kinetics, and also includes material on non-ergodic and non-well-mixing Hamiltonian dynamics. The book does not follow the traditional scheme of most of today's literature on chaos. The intention of the author has been to put together some of the most complex and yet open problems on the general theory of chaotic systems. The importance of the discussed issues and an understanding of their origin should inspire students and researchers to touch upon some…    
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List price: $175.00
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 2/24/2005
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 336
Size: 6.14" wide x 9.21" long x 1.09" tall
Weight: 1.892
Language: English

Chaotic Dynamics
Hamiltonian dynamics
Hamiltonian equations
Phase space dynamics
Action-angle variable (one degree of freedom)
Notes
Problems
Examples of Hamiltonian dynamics
Pendulum
Oscillations in the infinite potential well
Magnetic moments
Field line behaviour
Hamiltonian equations for the ABC-flow
Problems
Perturbed dynamics
The Liouville-Arnold theorem on integrability
Consequences of the integrability
Non-integrability and the Kozlov condition
Resonances
Non-linear resonance and chain of islands
Kolmogorov-Arnold-Moser (KAM) theory
Notes
Problems
Chaotic dynamics
Natural measure
Ergodicity, mixing, and weak mixing
Local instability and Lyapunov exponents
Hyperbolic systems
Entropy of dynamical systems
Partitioning and coarse-graining
Kolmogorov-Sinai (KS) entropy
Topological entropy
Physical interpretation
Entropy and Lyapunov exponents
Definition of chaotic dynamics
Chirikov resonance overlapping criteria
Notes
Problems
Physical models of chaos
Mapping the dynamics
Universal and standard map
Web map (kicked oscillator)
Kepler map
Notes
Problems
Separatrix chaos
Description of models
Separatrix map
The stochastic layer
The stochastic layer of the standard map
Hidden renormalization group near the separatrix
Renormalization of resonances
Hidden renormalization for coupled oscillators
Notes
Problems
Weak chaos and symmetry
Stochastic webs
Stochastic webs with quasi-crystalline symmetry
Stochastic web skeleton
Symmetries and their dynamical generation
Width of the stochastic web
Symmetry in art and nature
Symmetry and chaos
Ornamental patterns
Patterns in nature
Notes
Problems
Beyond the KAM-theory
Small non-linearity
Web-Tori
Width of the stochastic web
Transition from KAM-Tori to Web-Tori
Notes
Problems
Phase space of chaos
Topological non-universality of chaos
Examples with billiards
Accelerator mode islands
Ballistic mode islands
Cantori
Sticky domains and escapes
Notes
Problems
Fractality of Chaos
Fractals and chaos
Fractal dynamics
Generalized fractal dimension
Renormalization group and generalized fractal dimension
Multifractal spectra
Thermodynamic interpretation
Complex dimension and log-periodicity
Notes
Problems
Poincare recurrences
Poincare theorem on recurrences
Recurrence time distributions and Kac lemma
Distribution of recurrences in uniform mixing
More asymptotics on recurrences
Notes
Problems
Dynamical traps
Definition of the dynamical trap
Hierarchical-islands trap (HIT)
Renormalization for the exit time distribution
Stochastic layer trap
Notes
Fractal time
Fractal time
Fractal and multifractal recurrences
Multifractal space-time and its dimension spectrum
Critical exponent for the Poincare recurrences
Notes
Problems
Chaotic kinetics
General principles of kinetics
Time scales
Fokker-Planck-Kolmogorov (FPK) equation
Detailed balance principle
Solutions and normal transport
Growth of entropy
Kolmogorov conditions and conflict with dynamics
Truncated distributions
Notes
Problems
Levy process, Levy flights, and Weierstrass random walk
Levy distribution
Levy process
Poincare recurrences and Feller's theorems
Levy flights and conflict with dynamics
Weirstrass random walks (WRW)
Notes
Problems
Fractional kinetic equation (FKE)
Derivation of FKE
Conditions for the FKE
Evolution of moments (transport)
Conflict with dynamics
Dynamical origin of critical exponents
Principles of simulations
Notes
Problems
Renormalization group of kinetics (RGK)
Space-time scalings
Log-periodicity
Duality of the dynamics and the origin of multi-fractality
Multifractional kinetics
Notes
Fractional kinetic equation: solutions and modifications
Solutions to FKE (series)
Solutions to FKE (separation of variables)
Continuous time random walk (CTRW)
Levy walks and other generalizations of CTRW
Conflict with dynamics
Subdiffusion and superdiffusion
Notes
Problems
Pseudochaos
Billiards in polygons
Continued fractions and scalings of trajectories
Fractional kinetics of irrational trajectories
More examples of pseudochaos
Rhombic billiard
More billiards
Saw-tooth web map
Notes
Problems
Applications
Complexity and entropy of dynamics
Complexity in phase space
Symbolic and topological complexities
Topological and metric entropies
Conflict with dynamics
Notes
Problems
Complexity and entropy functions
Definitions of complexity function
Probability of [epsilon]-divergence
Calculation of local complexity function
Flight complexity function
Entropy function
Polynomial and mixed complexities and anomalous transport
Travelling waves and Riemann invariants of entropy and complexity
Notes
Problems
Chaos and foundation of statistical mechanics
Zermelo's and Loschmidt's paradoxes
Historical comments
Paradox of recurrence
Paradox of reversibility
Boltzmann's comments
Chaos and the paradoxes
Anomalous properties of the Sinai and Bunimovich billiards
Maxwell's Demon and Chaos
Maxwell's Demon as a dynamical model
Comments on the application of Ergodic Theory
Comments on dynamical cooling and chaos erasing
Notes
Chaotic advection (dynamics of tracers)
Beltrami flows with q-symmetry
Compressible helical flows
Compressible flow with quasi-symmetry
Notes
Problems
Advection by point vortices
Basic equations for point vortices and for advection
Advection in three vortices
Transport of advected particles (vortices)
Notes
Problems
Appendices
Elliptic integrals and elliptic functions
Spectrum of the Kepler problem
Fractional integro-diferentiation
Formulas of fractional calculus
References
Index