Kapitel in diesem Buch

1. Frontmatter I
2. CONTENTS V
3. FOREWORD IX
4. PREFACE XV
5. 1. Theory of Multiplicative Processes 1
6. 2. Statistical Methods in Neutron Diffusion 17
7. 3. Multiplicative Systems in Several Variables, I, II, III 37
8. 4. Heuristic Studies in Problems of Mathematical Physics on High Speed Computing Machines 121
9. 5. Studies of Nonlinear Problems 139
10. 6. On the Ergodic Behavior of Dynamical Systems 155
11. 7. On a Method of Propulsion of Projectiles by Means of External Nuclear Explosions 163
12. 8. Some Schemes for Nuclear Propulsion. Part I 179
13. 9. On the Possibility of Extracting Energy from Gravitational Systems by Navigating Space Vehicles 185
14. 10. Quadratic Transformations 189
15. 11. Nonlinear Transformation Studies on Electronic Computers 292
16. 12. On Recursively Defined Geometrical Objects and Patterns of Growth 378
17. 13. Computer Studies of Some History-Dependent Random Processes 398
18. 14. The Entropy of Interacting Populations 417
19. 15. Some Elementary Attempts at Numerical Modeling of Problems Concerning Rates of Evolutionary Processes 429
20. 16. The Notion of Complexity 445
21. 17. Metrics in Biology, an Introduction 465
22. 18. On the Theory of Relational Structures and Schemata for Parallel Computation 477
23. 19. The Scottish Book, A LASL Monograph 509
24. 20. On the Notion of Analogy and Complexity in Some Constructive Mathematical Schemata 513
25. 21. Speculations about the Mechanisms of Recognition and Discrimination (LA-UR-82-62, 1982) 525
26. APPENDIX A. PUBLICATIONS OF STANISLAW M. ULAM 535
27. APPENDIX B. VITA 550
28. INDEX 551