Momentum Maps and Hamiltonian Reduction
Author:   Juan-Pablo Ortega ,  Tudor S. Ratiu
Publisher:   Birkhauser Boston Inc
Edition:   2004 ed.
Volume:   222
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9780817643072


Pages:   501
Publication Date:   16 December 2003
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   Juan-Pablo Ortega ,  Tudor S. Ratiu
Publisher:   Birkhauser Boston Inc
Imprint:   Birkhauser Boston Inc
Edition:   2004 ed.
Volume:   222
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 2.80cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.900kg
ISBN:  

9780817643072


ISBN 10:   0817643079
Pages:   501
Publication Date:   16 December 2003
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Out of stock   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

1 Manifolds and Smooth Structures.- 2 Lie Group Actions.- 3 Pseudogroups and Groupoids.- 4 The Standard Momentum Map.- 5 Generalizations of the Momentum Map.- 6 Regular Symplectic Reduction Theory.- 7 The Symplectic Slice Theorem.- 8 Singular Reduction and the Stratification Theorem.- 9 Optimal Reduction.- 10 Poisson Reduction.- 11 Dual Pairs.

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a ]The present book offers a thorough description of [reduction] theory and a unified treatment of most of its developments and generalizations, with a particular emphasis on those due to the authors. It contains many important results which cannot be found in other books, and covers a large part of the recent developments related to momentum maps and reduction. This book fills a need and will be appreciated by specialists as well as by persons new to the fielda ]. <p>a MATHEMATICAL REVIEWS


"""…The present book offers a thorough description of [reduction] theory and a unified treatment of most of its developments and generalizations, with a particular emphasis on those due to the authors. It contains many important results which cannot be found in other books, and covers a large part of the recent developments related to momentum maps and reduction. This book fills a need and will be appreciated by specialists as well as by persons new to the field…."" —MATHEMATICAL REVIEWS"


...The present book offers a thorough description of [reduction] theory and a unified treatment of most of its developments and generalizations, with a particular emphasis on those due to the authors. It contains many important results which cannot be found in other books, and covers a large part of the recent developments related to momentum maps and reduction. This book fills a need and will be appreciated by specialists as well as by persons new to the field.... -MATHEMATICAL REVIEWS


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