'This is an interesting albeit specialized book...In short, Bakker has made an important contribution to the literature of fluid mechanics and this book should be a part of the library at every engineering school as well the specialists mentioned...' Appl. Mech. Rev. 45:8 1992

• I Some Elements Of The Qualitative Theory Of Differential Equations.- 1. Phase space representation of a dynamical system.- 2. Phase portraits near singular points.- 3. Topological structure of phase portraits, structural stability, bifurcation.- 4. Higher-order singularities in R2.- 5. Bifurcation of vector fields, unfoldings.- 6. Center manifolds.- 7. An approach to physical unfoldings in flow patterns.- 8. References.- II Topology Of Conical Flow Patterns.- 1. Introduction.- 2. Local conical stagnation point solutions in irrotational flow.- 3. Classification of conical stagnation points in conical flows.- 4. Analytical unfoldings in conical flows.- 5. External corner flow; a nonanalytical unfolding of a starlike node.- 6. References.- III Topological Aspects Of Steady Viscous Flows Near Plane Walls.- 1. A way to obtain local solutions of the Navier-Stokes equations.- 2. Steady viscous flow near a plane wall, elementary singular points in the flow patterns.- 3. Higher-order singularities in the flow pattern.- 4. Unfolding of the topological saddle point of the third order.- 5. Unfolding of a topological saddle point of the fifth order.- 6. Unfolding of a saddle point with three hyperbolic sectors in a half plane, ?xx? 0.- 7. Unfolding of a saddle point with two or four hyperbolic sectors in a half plane, ?xx? 0.- 8. Viscous flow near a circular cylinder at low Reynolds numbers.- 9. References.- Index of subjects.

'This is an interesting albeit specialized book...In short, Bakker has made an important contribution to the literature of fluid mechanics and this book should be a part of the library at every engineering school as well the specialists mentioned...' Appl. Mech. Rev. 45:8 1992

• I Some Elements Of The Qualitative Theory Of Differential Equations.- 1. Phase space representation of a dynamical system.- 2. Phase portraits near singular points.- 3. Topological structure of phase portraits, structural stability, bifurcation.- 4. Higher-order singularities in R2.- 5. Bifurcation of vector fields, unfoldings.- 6. Center manifolds.- 7. An approach to physical unfoldings in flow patterns.- 8. References.- II Topology Of Conical Flow Patterns.- 1. Introduction.- 2. Local conical stagnation point solutions in irrotational flow.- 3. Classification of conical stagnation points in conical flows.- 4. Analytical unfoldings in conical flows.- 5. External corner flow; a nonanalytical unfolding of a starlike node.- 6. References.- III Topological Aspects Of Steady Viscous Flows Near Plane Walls.- 1. A way to obtain local solutions of the Navier-Stokes equations.- 2. Steady viscous flow near a plane wall, elementary singular points in the flow patterns.- 3. Higher-order singularities in the flow pattern.- 4. Unfolding of the topological saddle point of the third order.- 5. Unfolding of a topological saddle point of the fifth order.- 6. Unfolding of a saddle point with three hyperbolic sectors in a half plane, ?xx? 0.- 7. Unfolding of a saddle point with two or four hyperbolic sectors in a half plane, ?xx? 0.- 8. Viscous flow near a circular cylinder at low Reynolds numbers.- 9. References.- Index of subjects.

'This is an interesting albeit specialized book...In short, Bakker has made an important contribution to the literature of fluid mechanics and this book should be a part of the library at every engineering school as well the specialists mentioned...' Appl. Mech. Rev. 45:8 1992

• I Some Elements Of The Qualitative Theory Of Differential Equations.- 1. Phase space representation of a dynamical system.- 2. Phase portraits near singular points.- 3. Topological structure of phase portraits, structural stability, bifurcation.- 4. Higher-order singularities in R2.- 5. Bifurcation of vector fields, unfoldings.- 6. Center manifolds.- 7. An approach to physical unfoldings in flow patterns.- 8. References.- II Topology Of Conical Flow Patterns.- 1. Introduction.- 2. Local conical stagnation point solutions in irrotational flow.- 3. Classification of conical stagnation points in conical flows.- 4. Analytical unfoldings in conical flows.- 5. External corner flow; a nonanalytical unfolding of a starlike node.- 6. References.- III Topological Aspects Of Steady Viscous Flows Near Plane Walls.- 1. A way to obtain local solutions of the Navier-Stokes equations.- 2. Steady viscous flow near a plane wall, elementary singular points in the flow patterns.- 3. Higher-order singularities in the flow pattern.- 4. Unfolding of the topological saddle point of the third order.- 5. Unfolding of a topological saddle point of the fifth order.- 6. Unfolding of a saddle point with three hyperbolic sectors in a half plane, ?xx? 0.- 7. Unfolding of a saddle point with two or four hyperbolic sectors in a half plane, ?xx? 0.- 8. Viscous flow near a circular cylinder at low Reynolds numbers.- 9. References.- Index of subjects.