Spectra and Pseudospectra: The Behavior of Nonnormal Matrices and Operators

by Lloyd N. Trefethen and Mark Embree

Pure and applied mathematicians, physicists, scientists, and engineers use matrices and operators and their eigenvalues in quantum mechanics, fluid mechanics, structural analysis, acoustics, ecology, numerical analysis, and many other areas. However, in some applications the usual analysis based on eigenvalues fails. For example, eigenvalues are often ineffective for analyzing dynamical systems such as fluid flow, Markov chains, ecological models,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691119465
• ISBN13: 9780691119465
• Release Date: August 2005
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 624 Pages
• Weight: 2.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.7" x 6.2" x 9.5"