Thermodynamics by Wassim M Haddad
Places thermodynamics on a system-theoretic foundation so as to harmonize it with classical mechanics. This book suggests that many physicists and engineers who have developed the theory of thermodynamics seem to have forgotten that mathematics, when used rigorously, is the irrefutable pathway to truth.-
Analytic Theory of Global Bifurcation
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Selfsimilar Processes
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Stability and Control of Large-Scale Dynamical Systems
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Entropy
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Totally Nonnegative Matrices
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Distributed Control of Robotic Networks
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Positive Definite Matrices
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Optimization
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Optimization and Learning via Stochastic Gradient Search
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Rays, Waves, and Scattering
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The Traveling Salesman Problem
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Statistical Inference via Convex Optimization
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Graph Theoretic Methods in Multiagent Networks
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Algebraic Curves over a Finite Field
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A Dynamical Systems Theory of Thermodynamics
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Formal Verification of Control System Software
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Robust Optimization
Wassim Haddad, Winner of the 2014 Pendray Aerospace Literature Award, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics The mathematical approach taken by the authors, as originally initiated by CCaratheodory on the advice of Max Born, results in a book that makes a fundamental contribution to the field. The main emphasis is on the notion of large-scale dynamical systems applied to the multitude of small objects contained in the macroscale description. Indeed, thermodynamics is the dynamics of an extremely large number of objects numbering on the order of Avogadro's number. That some definite results arise from that setting is the marvel of it all.--Gerard A. Maugin, IEEE Control Systems This is an original theory with many attractive features and which captures the known statements from classical thermodynamics, avoiding at the same time imprecise formulations. The techniques are based on dynamical systems and control theory, which is unusual in the field, but the presentation is precise and well crafted.--Manuel Portilheiro, Mathematical Reviews
Wassim M. Haddad is Professor of Aerospace Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology. VijaySekhar Chellaboina is Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical, Aerospace, and Biomedical Engineering at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Sergey G. Nersesov is a Ph.D. student in aerospace engineering at Georgia Institute of Technology.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780691123271 |
| ISBN 10 | 0691123276 |
| Title | Thermodynamics |
| Author | Wassim M Haddad |
| Series | Princeton Series In Applied Mathematics |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Princeton University Press |
| Year published | 2005-07-25 |
| Number of pages | 200 |
| Prizes | Winner of American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Gardner-Lasser Aerospace History Literature Award 2014 |
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