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Catastrophe Theory and Its Applications
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First integrated treatment of main ideas behind René Thom's theory of catastrophes stresses detailed applications in the physical sciences. Mathematics of theory explained with a minimum of technicalities. Over 200 illustrations. 1978 edition.
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- Authors
- Poston, T., Stewart, I., & Plaut, R. H.
- Venue
- Journal of Applied Mechanics
- Publisher
- ASME International
- Published
- 1979-06-01
- Volume
- 46
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 478-478
- ISSN
- 0021-8936 (ISSN-L)
- 1528-9036
- OpenAlex
- W1997777356
- Cited by
- 2,085
- References
- 0
- FWCI
- 100.83
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
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