Understanding Physics and Physical Chemistry Using Formal Graphs.
[Book]
Eric Vieil
Hoboken
CRC Press
2012
(795 pages)
Front Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Presentation; Author; Icons Used in This Book; Companion CD; Website on Formal Graphs; Chapter 1: Introduction; Chapter 2: Nodes of Graphs; Chapter 3: Links and Organization; Chapter 4: Poles; Chapter 5: Space Distributed Poles; Chapter 6: Dipoles; Chapter 7: Influence between Poles; Chapter 8: Multipoles; Chapter 9: Dipole Assemblies; Chapter 10: Transfers; Chapter 11: Assemblies and Dissipation; Chapter 12: Coupling between Energy Varieties; Chapter 13: Multiple Couplings; Chapter 14: Conclusion and Perspectives; Appendix 1: Glossary. Appendix 2: Symbols and ConstantsAppendix 3: Formal Graph Encoding; Appendix 4: List of Examples and Case Studies; Appendix 5: CD-Rom Content; References.
IntroductionAim of this BookAn Imperfect State of ScienceImprovement through GraphsNodes of GraphsEnergy and State VariablesLinks and OrganizationSystem Constitutive PropertiesFormal Objects and Organization LevelsPolesThe Pole as Elementary CollectionFormal Graph Representation of a PoleComposition of PolesDefinition of a Pole and Its VariablesSpace Distributed PolesThe Role of SpaceFormal Graph Representation of a Space Distributed PoleSpace OperatorsTranslation Problems and GeneralizationDipolesThe DipoleFormal Graph Representation of a DipoleInteraction through Exchange between PolesDipole.