Applications of catastrophe theory to the physical sciences

DOI10.1016/0167-2789(81)90012-9MaRDI QIDQ995012zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Ian Stewart

Publication date 13 September 2010

Published in Physica D (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1016/0167-2789(81)90012-9

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Research exposition (monographs, survey articles) pertaining to dynamical systems and ergodic theory (37-02) Research exposition (monographs, survey articles) pertaining to global analysis (58-02) Popularization of mathematics (00A09)

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