Boundaries, Interfaces, and Transitions

Nine papers bring together geometric tools developed in distant areas of mathematics, mechanics, and physics, for application in the design, identification, and control of technological processes. The articles discuss topics such as: the transition to turbulence via turbulent bursts; intrinsic differential geometric methods in the asymptotic analysis of linear thin shells; local theory of shape analysis via distance functions; shape memory; dendrites, fingers, interfaces, and free boundaries; superconductivity; front propagation; hysteresis; and dynamic metastability and singular perturbations. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR