Engineering Applications of Noncommutative Harmonic Analysis: With Emphasis on Rotation and Motion Groups / Edition 1

by Gregory S. Chirikjian, Alexander B. Kyatkin

Overview

First published in 2001. The classical Fourier transform is one of the most widely used mathematical tools in engineering. However, few engineers know that extensions of harmonic analysis to functions on groups holds great potential for solving problems in robotics, image analysis, mechanics, and other areas. For those that may be aware of its potential value, there is still no place they can turn to for a clear presentation of the background they need to apply the concept to engineering problems.

Engineering Applications of Noncommutative Harmonic Analysis brings this powerful tool to the engineering world. Written specifically for engineers and computer scientists, it offers a practical treatment of harmonic analysis in the context of particular Lie groups (rotation and Euclidean motion). It presents only a limited number of proofs, focusing instead on providing a review of the fundamental mathematical results unknown to most engineers and detailed discussions of specific applications.

Advances in pure mathematics can lead to very tangible advances in engineering, but only if they are available and accessible to engineers. Engineering Applications of Noncommutative Harmonic Analysis provides the means for adding this valuable and effective technique to the engineer's toolbox.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780367257187
Publisher:	CRC Press
Publication date:	07/07/2021
Series:	Routledge Revivals
Pages:	674
Product dimensions:	7.00(w) x 10.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Gregory S. Chirikjian and Alexander B. Kyatkin.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction and Overview of Applications. 2. Classical Fourier Analysis. 3. Sturm-Liouville Expansions, Discrete Polynomial Transforms and Weasels. 4. Orthogonal Expansions in Curvilinear Coordinates. 5. Rotations in Three Dimensions. 6. Rigid-Body Motion. 7. Group Theory. 8. Harmonic Analysis on Groups. 9. Representation Theory and Operational Calculus for SU (2) and SO (3). 10. Harmonic Analysis on the Euclidean Motion Groups. 11. Fast Fourier Transforms for Motion Groups. 12. Robotics. 13. Image Analysis and Tomography. 14. Statistical Pose Determination and Camera Calibration. 15. Stochastic Processes, Estimation, and Control. 16. Rotational Brownian Motion and Diffusion. 17. Statistical Mechanics of Macromolecules. 18. Mechanics and Texture Analysis. A. Computational, Complexity, Matrices, and Polynomials. B. Set Theory. C. Vector Spaces and Algebras. D. Matrices. E. Techniques from Mathematical Physics. F. Variational Calculus. G. Manifolds and Riemannian Metrics. References. Index.

Editorial Reviews

The classical Fourier transform is one of the most widely used mathematical tools in engineering. However, few engineers realize that the extension of harmonic analysis to functions on groups holds great potential for solving problems in robotics, image analysis, mechanics, and other areas. This book, written specifically for engineers and computer scientists, offers a practical treatment of harmonic analysis in the context of particular Lie groups, presenting few proofs, focusing instead on reviewing the fundamental mathematical results unknown to most engineers, and detailed discussions of specific applications. Contents include discussions of applications in robotics, mechanics, tomography, sensor calibration, estimation and control, liquid crystal analysis and conformational statistics of macromolecules. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Booknews

"In the opinion of this reviewer, the authors have accomplished their stated aims. [The book] is a comprehensive and generally self-contained exposition appropriate for guiding the engineering student to familiarity and, with practice, perhaps competence in an elegant and useful branch of analysis…it must certainly be considered as a solid reference addition to personal or institutional libraries. This reviewer welcomes it in his"
- Appl Mech Rev, Vol. 55, no. 1, January 2002

"There is a substantial list of over 310 references...Engineering Applications of Noncommutative Harmonic Analysis: With Emphasis on Rotation and Motion Groups should be a source of enlightenment to the reader on many hitherto unexplored issues and concepts connecting the production and dissipation ranges of turbulence and the unstable developmental phases leading to these states. The authors have succeeded in producing a very readable and informative book that should act to stimulate additional discussions...It is recommended for research laboratory and academic library acquisition as a novel source of important developments."
-Appl Mech Rev, vol. 54, no.6, November 2001

"This book is an extensive account of the engineering applications of noncommutative harmonic analysis, that is, Fourier analysis on noncummutative Lie groups…The presentation throughout the book is explicit and highly computational. In addition, each chapter is supplemented with extensive references to the literature, both engineering and mathematical…Mathematicians will find the book interesting as a source of mathematical problems awaiting resolution, particularly those related to fast algorithms for the computation of the integrals involved"
-David H. Sattinger, Utah State University

" …comprehensible and self-contained…a valuable fuide to the literature, both engineering and mathematical. ….Although the book is intended primarily for engineers, it is also interesting for mathematicians as a source of mathematical problems."
- Mathematical Reviews, 2003g

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