Wavelets in Physics / edited by J.C. van den Berg.
This book surveys the application of the recently developed technique of the wavelet transform to a wide range of physical fields, including astrophysics, turbulence, meteorology, plasma physics, atomic and solid state physics, multifractals occurring in physics, biophysics (in medicine and physiolo...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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1999.
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| Summary: | This book surveys the application of the recently developed technique of the wavelet transform to a wide range of physical fields, including astrophysics, turbulence, meteorology, plasma physics, atomic and solid state physics, multifractals occurring in physics, biophysics (in medicine and physiology) and mathematical physics. The wavelet transform can analyze scale-dependent characteristics of a signal (or image) locally, unlike the Fourier transform, and more flexibly than the windowed Fourier transform developed by Gabor fifty years ago. The continuous wavelet transform is used mostly for analysis, but the discrete wavelet transform allows very fast compression and transmission of data and speeds up numerical calculation, and is applied, for example, in the solution of partial differential equations in physics. This book will be of interest to graduate students and researchers in many fields of physics, and to applied mathematicians and engineers interested in physical application. |
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| Item Description: | Title from publishers bibliographic system (viewed 10 Sep 2010). |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (478 pages) Also issued in print format. |
| ISBN: | 9780511613265 0511613261 9780521593113 0521593115 9780521533539 0521533538 |
| DOI: | 10.1017/CBO9780511613265 |
| Additional Physical Form available Note: | Also issued in print format. |