Modeling Love Dynamics

This book shows, for the very first time, how love stories a vital issue in our lives can be tentatively described with classical mathematics. Focus is on the derivation and analysis of reliable models that allow one to formally describe the expected evolution of love affairs from the initial state of indifference to the final romantic regime. The models are in full agreement with the basic philosophical principles of love psychology. Eight chapters are theoretically oriented and discuss the romantic relationships between important classes of individuals identified by particular psychological traits. The remaining chapters are devoted to case studies described in classical poems or in worldwide famous films.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1. Can we model love stories?
Chapter 2. Linear models and their properties
Chapter 3. Couples composed of secure and unbiased individuals
Chapter 4. Roxane and Cyrano
Chapter 5. The discovery of hidden components of the appeal
Chapter 6. Couples composed of insecure and unbiased individuals
Chapter 7. Scarlett and Rhett
Chapter 8. Romantic cycles
Chapter 9. Kathe and Jules
Chapter 10. Kathe and Jim
Chapter 11. Environmental stress and romantic chaos
Chapter 12. Extra emotional dimensions
Chapter 13. Laura and Francesco
Chapter 14. Triangular love stories and unpredictability
Chapter 15. Kathe, Jules, and Jim