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Nonlinear Ocean Waves and the Inverse Scattering Transform
- 1st Edition, Volume 97 - March 1, 2010
- Author: Alfred Osborne
- Language: English
- Hardback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 5 2 8 6 2 9 - 9
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 0 8 - 0 9 2 5 1 0 - 3
For more than 200 years, the Fourier Transform has been one of the most important mathematical tools for understanding the dynamics of linear wave trains. Nonlinear Ocean Waves… Read more
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Request a sales quoteFor more than 200 years, the Fourier Transform has been one of the most important mathematical tools for understanding the dynamics of linear wave trains. Nonlinear Ocean Waves and the Inverse Scattering Transform presents the development of the nonlinear Fourier analysis of measured space and time series, which can be found in a wide variety of physical settings including surface water waves, internal waves, and equatorial Rossby waves. This revolutionary development will allow hyperfast numerical modelling of nonlinear waves, greatly advancing our understanding of oceanic surface and internal waves. Nonlinear Fourier analysis is based upon a generalization of linear Fourier analysis referred to as the inverse scattering transform, the fundamental building block of which is a generalized Fourier series called the Riemann theta function. Elucidating the art and science of implementing these functions in the context of physical and time series analysis is the goal of this book.
- Presents techniques and methods of the inverse scattering transform for data analysis
- Geared toward both the introductory and advanced reader venturing further into mathematical and numerical analysis
- Suitable for classroom teaching as well as research
Academia, government, and industry in the fields of ocean sciences, geophysics, and engineering mathematics
Contents
Preface
1. Brief History of Nonlinear Water Waves, Fourier analysis and Integrability
Part I: Theoretical and Physical Considerations
2. Theories of Water Waves
3. Introduction to Linear and Nonlinear Fourier analysis
4. The Infinite-Line Inverse Scattering Transform
5. The Periodic Inverse Scattering Transform
6. Additional Theoretical Considerations
7. Physical Perspective and Exotic Solutions
8. Extending the Inverse Scattering Transform to Higher Order
Part II: Numerical and Time Series Analysis Algorithms
9. Numerical Methods for Infinite-Line Boundary Conditions
10. Numerical Algorithms for the Analysis of Nonlinear Space and Time Series
11. Procedures for the Analysis of Nonlinear Wave Data
12. Nonlinear Power Spectral Analysis
Part II: Time Series Analysis of Experimental Data
13. Surface Waves in the Laboratory
14. Surface Waves in the Adriatic Sea
15. Surface Waves at Duck Pier
16. Surface Waves in the North Sea
17. Internal Waves in the Andaman Sea
Part IV: Future Directions
18. Engineering Applications of IST
19. Chaotic Dynamics Nonlinear Wave Equations and Water Waves
- No. of pages: 944
- Language: English
- Edition: 1
- Volume: 97
- Published: March 1, 2010
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Hardback ISBN: 9780125286299
- eBook ISBN: 9780080925103
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Alfred Osborne
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University of Torino, ItalyRead Nonlinear Ocean Waves and the Inverse Scattering Transform on ScienceDirect