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From: cmarcant@netcom.com (Christophe Marcant)
Subject: Re: Catastrophe theory
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In article <3q59en$3tb@atlantis.dis.anl.gov>, Anne Freckmann <abf@anl.gov>
wrote:

>I'm looking for information on Rene Thom's work on Catastrophe theory.
>I haven't posted to this group before, but it looked like a good place
>to start.
>
>If you have any info. please contact me at: abf@anl.gov
>Thanks,
>
>Anne

I read his original book (he might have published others) about 15 years
ago back in France... :( I'm really scratching at this time.

As far as I remember, the book was describing 7 (or at least a finite
short number) different mathematical singularities (catastrophes) such as
extremum, inflection point, regression point, etc... and was showing how
this finite set could be found in nature.

First attempt: I just searched the Library of Congress with no luck (it
does not mean it's not there).

Second attempt: I found references at Ecole Polytechnique (France) using
www. Here it goes:

URL:
<http://www.polytechnique.fr/htbin/bcx.pl?Auteur=rene+thom&AuteurSoundEx=on&Titre=&Global=&Chercher=Chercher>

Index bcx contains the following 250 items relevant to 'au=(soundex rene
thom)'. The first figure
for each entry is its relative score, the second the number of lines in
the item.

        816 8 Modeles mathematiques de la morphogenese Thom, Rene. -
        816 9 Stabilite structurelle et morphogenese : Thom, Rene. -
        816 9 Paraboles et catastrophes : entretiens s Thom, Rene. -
        816 7 Modeles mathematiques de la morphogenese Thom, Rene. -
        816 7 Topological models in biology / R. Thom. Thom, Rene. -
        816 8 Quelques proprietes globales des variete Thom, Rene. -
        816 6 Ensembles et morphismes stratifies / R. Thom, Rene. -
        816 6 Topologie et signification / R.Thom. - P Thom, Rene. -
        816 10 Paraboles et catastrophes : entretiens s Thom, Rene. -
        816 8 Apologie du logos / Rene Thom. - Paris : Thom, Rene. -
        632 12 Structural stability and morphogenesis : Thom, Rene. -
Fowler, D.H. Tra

Third attempt: More detailed references at Polytechnique using WAIS.

I believe the book I read was the following:

AU:Thom, Rene. - 
TI:Modeles mathematiques de la morphogenese / R. Thom. - Paris : IHES, 1970. -
   4.
NO:Bibliogr. 
DI:BCX: Magasin livres ; Cote: A1A 288 

English book references:

AU:Thom, Rene. - Fowler, D.H. Trad. 
TI:Structural stability and morphogenesis : an outline of a general theory of
   models / Rene Thom ; trans. from the french ed. by D.H. Fowler. - Redwood
   City : Addison-Wesley, 1989. - XXXIV, 348 p. : fig. ; 25 cm. (Advanced book
   classics)
NO:This book was originally published by W.A. Benjamin. Bibliogr., index. ISBN
   0-201-09419-3
KW:Stabilite (mathematiques). Topologie. Morphogenese: modeles mathematiques.
   Biologie: modeles mathematiques.
DI:PTH: Bibli. (Uniquement PRET-INTER) ; Cote: A 3648 

AU:Thom, Rene. - 
TI:Topological models in biology / R. Thom. - Londres : Pergamon, 1969. - Fig. :
   tabl. ; 4.
NO:Bibliogr. 
DI:BCX: Magasin livres ; Cote: A1A 294 


I hope this help

Christophe

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