Scale Invariance and Beyond | Les Houches Workshop, March 10–14, 1997 | ISBN 9783662097991

Scale Invariance and Beyond

Les Houches Workshop, March 10–14, 1997

herausgegeben von B. Dubrulle, F. Graner und D. Sornette
Mitwirkende
Herausgegeben vonB. Dubrulle
Herausgegeben vonF. Graner
Herausgegeben vonD. Sornette
Buchcover Scale Invariance and Beyond  | EAN 9783662097991 | ISBN 3-662-09799-0 | ISBN 978-3-662-09799-1

Scale Invariance and Beyond

Les Houches Workshop, March 10–14, 1997

herausgegeben von B. Dubrulle, F. Graner und D. Sornette
Mitwirkende
Herausgegeben vonB. Dubrulle
Herausgegeben vonF. Graner
Herausgegeben vonD. Sornette
This book is an excellent introduction to the concept of scale invariance, which is a growing field of research with wide applications. It describes where and how symmetry under scale transformation (and its various forms of partial breakdown) can be used to analyze solutions of a problem without the need to explicitly solve it. The first part gives descriptions of tools and concepts; the second is devoted to recent attempts to go beyond the invariance or symmetry breaking, to discuss causes and consequences, and to extract useful information about the system. Examples are carefully worked out in fields as diverse as condensed matter physics, population dynamics, earthquake physics, turbulence, cosmology and finance.