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Excerpt from The Guiding Center Plasma, Vol. 18 Perhaps the single feature which dominates the landscape in any View of plasma physics is the complexity arising from the large number of simultaneous and interfering phenomena [as compared to the relative simplicity of the related classical disciplines of fluid dynamics, kinetic theory, electromagnetic theory]. We cannot expect the growth, even ultimately, of a significant quantitative theory using sub stantial mathematical tools which will embrace an appreciable part of the physics and at the same time incorporate a non trivial geometry. One type of model allows the use of significant linear techniques (essentially Fourier analysis enhanced by asymptotics) to describe a relatively large amount of physics by remaining within the realm of trivial geometries such as an infinite homogeneous plasma, possibly with a superposed small linear macroscopic gradient. We shall be concerned with a model of a second type containing somewhat less physics but aimed at the exploitation of more elaborate mathematical tools in more practical geometrical configurations. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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