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Nonlinear dynamics : from lasers to butterflies : selected lectures from the 15th Canberra International Physics Summer School, Australian National University, 21 January-1 February 2002 /

This book is an inspirational introduction to modern research directions and scholarship in nonlinear dynamics, and will also be a valuable reference for researchers in the field. With the scholarly level aimed at the beginning graduate student, the book will have broad appeal to those with an under...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor Corporativo: Canberra International Physics Summer School Australian National University
Otros Autores: Ball, Rowena, Akhmediev, Nail N.
Formato: Electrónico Congresos, conferencias eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Singapore ; River Edge, N.J. : World Scientific, ©2003.
Colección:World Scientific lecture notes in complex systems ; vol. 1.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Ch. 1. Nonlinearity and complexity: an introduction / B. Davies
  • ch. 2. Hunting mathematical butterflies / N. Joshi
  • ch. 3. The dynamics of Fermi acceleration: from cosmic rays to discharge heating / M.A. Lieberman
  • ch. 4. Large resonances in Hamiltonian systems, with applications / C. Holmes
  • ch. 5. Structure functions, cumulants and breakdown criteria for wave turbulence / L.J. Biven, C. Connaughton, and A.C. Newell
  • ch. 6. Renormalized closure theory and subgrid-scale parameterizations for two-dimensional turbulence / J.S. Frederiksen
  • ch. 7. Low-dimensional modelling of dynamical systems applied to some dissipative fluid mechanics / A.J. Roberts
  • ch. 8. Vortices and spatial solitons in optical resonators, and the relations to other fields of physics / C.O. Weiss [and others]
  • ch. 9. Nonlinear waves and (interesting) applications / M.J. Ablowitz, T. Hirooka, and Z.H. Musslimani
  • ch. 10. Global description of patterns far from onset: a case study / N. Ercolani [and others].