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650249
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Henriksen, R. N.
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Scale invariance : : self-similarity of the physical world /\ Richard N. Henriksen.
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First edition
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First edition
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1 online resource
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9783527687336
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: 3527687335
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: 9783527687343
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: 3527687343
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9783527413355
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3527413359
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: 9783527687350 (e-Pub)
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: 3527687351 (e-Pub)
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: 9783527687367 (Mobi)
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: 352768736X (Mobi)
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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| Contents
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""Cover ""; ""Contents ""; ""Preface ""; ""Acknowledgments ""; ""Introduction ""; ""Chapter 1 Arbitrary Measures of the Physical World ""; ""1.1 Similarity ""; ""1.2 Dimensional Similarity ""; ""1.3 Physical Equations and the 'Pi' Theorem ""; ""1.4 Applications of the Pi Theorem ""
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""1.4.1 Plane Pendulum """"1.4.2 Pipe Flow of a Fluid ""; ""1.4.3 Steady Motion of a Rigid Object in Viscous 'Fluid' ""; ""1.4.4 Diffusion and Self-Similarity ""; ""1.4.5 Ship Wave Drag ""; ""1.4.6 Adiabatic Gas Flow ""; ""1.4.7 Time-Dependent Adiabatic Flow ""
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""1.4.8 Point Explosion in a Gaseous Medium """"1.4.9 Applications in Fundamental Physics ""; ""1.4.10 Drag on a Flexible Object in Steady Motion ""; ""1.4.11 Dimensional Analysis of Mammals ""; ""1.4.12 Trees ""; ""References ""; ""Chapter 2 Lie Groups and Scaling Symmetry ""
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""2.1 The Rescaling Group """"2.1.1 Rescaling Physical Objects ""; ""2.1.2 Reconciliation with the Buckingham Pi Theorem ""; ""2.1.3 Rescaling and Self-Similarity as a Lie Algebra ""; ""2.1.4 Practical Lie Self-Similarity ""; ""2.2 Familiar Physical Examples ""
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""2.2.1 Line Vortex Diffusion: Reprise """"2.2.2 Burgers' Equation ""; ""2.3 Less Familiar Examples ""; ""2.3.1 Self-Gravitating Collisionless Particles: The Boltzmann-Poisson Problem ""; ""References ""; ""Chapter 3 Poincaré Group Plus Rescaling Group""; ""3.1 Galilean Space-Time ""; ""3.2 Minkowski Space-Time ""
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Scaling laws (Statistical physics)
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Scaling laws (Statistical physics)
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Self-similar processes.
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Statistical mechanics.
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| Dewey Classification
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530.1595
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| LC Classification
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QC174.85.S34 H467 2015eb
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Ohio Library and Information Network.
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