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On Legendre transformations and elementary catastrophes

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 October 2008

M. J. Sewell
M. J. Sewell
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Department of Mathematics, University of Reading
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Extract

The purpose of these remarks is to use elementary mathematics to describe some simple connexions between multi-valued Legendre transformations and certain elementary catastrophes. Multi-valued Legendre transforms appear in subjects such as non-linear elasticity and non-convex optimization.

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Research Article
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Mathematical Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society , Volume 82 , Issue 1 , July 1977 , pp. 147 - 163
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Copyright © Cambridge Philosophical Society 1977

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