| Topology and Geometry in Polymer Science 1998 Edition Contributor(s): Whittington, Stuart G. (Editor), Sumners, Witt De (Editor), Lodge, Timothy (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0387985808 ISBN-13: 9780387985800 Publisher: Springer OUR PRICE: $104.49 Product Type: Hardcover Published: August 1998 Annotation: This book contains contributions from a workshop on topology and geometry of polymers, held at the IMA in June 1996, which brought together topologists, combinatorialists, theoretical physicists and polymer scientists, with a common interest in polymer topology. Polymers can be highly self-entangled even in dilute solution. In the melt the inter- and intra-chain entanglements can dominate the rheological properties of these phenomena. Although the possibility of knotting in ring polymers has been recognized for more than thirty years it is only recently that the powerful methods of algebraic topology have been used in treating models of polymers. This book contains a series of chapters which review the current state of the field and give an up to date account of what is known and perhaps more importantly, what is still unknown. The field abounds with open problems. The book is of interest to workers in polymer statistical mechanics but will also be useful as an introduction to topological methods for polymer scientists, and will introduce mathematicians to an area of science where topological approaches are making a substantial contribution. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Mathematics | Topology - General - Science | Physics - Mathematical & Computational - Technology & Engineering | Engineering (general) |
| Dewey: 547.701 |
| LCCN: 98024449 |
| Series: Ima Volumes in Mathematics and Its Applications |
| Physical Information: 0.56" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (1.07 lbs) 206 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This IMA Volume in Mathematics and its Applications TOPOLOGY AND GEOMETRY IN POLYMER SCIENCE is based on the proceedings of a very successful one-week workshop with the same title. This workshop was an integral part of the 1995-1996 IMA program on "Mathematical Methods in Materials Science." We would like to thank Stuart G. Whittington, De Witt Sumners, and Timothy Lodge for their excellent work as organizers of the meeting and for editing the proceedings. We also take this opportunity to thank the National Science Foun- dation (NSF), the Army Research Office (ARO) and the Office of Naval Research (ONR), whose financial support made the workshop possible. A vner Friedman Robert Gulliver v PREFACE This book is the product of a workshop on Topology and Geometry of Polymers, held at the IMA in June 1996. The workshop brought together topologists, combinatorialists, theoretical physicists and polymer scientists, who share an interest in characterizing and predicting the microscopic en- tanglement properties of polymers, and their effect on macroscopic physical properties. |