Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Foreword by Michael Berry
- Introduction
- 1 The Semiclassical Trace Formula
- 2 Wave Chaos for the Helmholtz Equation
- 3 The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Random Matrix Theory for the Vibrations and Acoustics of Complex Structures
- 4 Gaussian Random Wavefields and the Ergodic Mode Hypothesis
- 5 Short Periodic Orbit Theory of Eigenfunctions
- 6 Chaotic Wave Scattering
- 7 Transfer Operators Applied to Elastic Plate Vibrations
- 8 Mesoscopics in Acoustics
- 9 Diagrammatic Methods in Multiple Scattering
- 10 Time-Reversed Waves in Complex Media
- 11 Ocean Acoustics: A Novel Laboratory for Wave Chaos
- 12 Mesoscopic Seismic Waves
- 13 Random Matrices in Structural Acoustics
- 14 The Analysis of Random Built-Up Engineering Systems
- References
- Index
Contents
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 October 2010
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Foreword by Michael Berry
- Introduction
- 1 The Semiclassical Trace Formula
- 2 Wave Chaos for the Helmholtz Equation
- 3 The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Random Matrix Theory for the Vibrations and Acoustics of Complex Structures
- 4 Gaussian Random Wavefields and the Ergodic Mode Hypothesis
- 5 Short Periodic Orbit Theory of Eigenfunctions
- 6 Chaotic Wave Scattering
- 7 Transfer Operators Applied to Elastic Plate Vibrations
- 8 Mesoscopics in Acoustics
- 9 Diagrammatic Methods in Multiple Scattering
- 10 Time-Reversed Waves in Complex Media
- 11 Ocean Acoustics: A Novel Laboratory for Wave Chaos
- 12 Mesoscopic Seismic Waves
- 13 Random Matrices in Structural Acoustics
- 14 The Analysis of Random Built-Up Engineering Systems
- References
- Index
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- New Directions in Linear Acoustics and VibrationQuantum Chaos, Random Matrix Theory and Complexity, pp. v - viPublisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2010