Scale invariance : self-similarity of the physical world / Richard N. Henriksen.
Publication details: Weinheim : Wiley-Vch c2015.Description: xx, 278 p. : illustrations ; 26 cmISBN:- 9783527413355
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. Arbitary measures of the physical world--
2. Lie groups and scaling symmetry--
3. Poincare group plus rescaling group--
4. Instructive classic problems--
5. Variations on lie self-similarity--
6. Explorations--
7. Renormalization group and noether invariants--
8. Scaling in hydrodynamical turbulence--
Appendix--
Index.
This book is a reference for scientists featuring examples of dimensions and scaling in different areas of natural sciences and mathematics. It discusses recent advances in the theoretical techniques of scaling and applications to almost any branch of quantitative science.
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