Nonlinear physics of complex systems: Current status and trends: J. Parisi, S. C. Mueller and W. Zimmerman (Eds) (Berlin, Springer, 1996) Lecture Notes in Physics, Vol. 476, pp. XIII + 388, Hardcover ISBN 3-540-61734-5
✍ Scribed by John S. Shiner
- Book ID
- 104270428
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1997
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 57 KB
- Volume
- 21
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0079-6727
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✦ Synopsis
This volume grew out of a conference in Bad Honnef in 1995 and attempts to cover both fundamental aspects and applications of the field of the nonlinear physics of complex systems. As such it is very wide ranging. There are 3 1 contributions on subjects as diverse as pattern formation, turbulence, chemical waves, Brownian rectifiers and many more. Many of the contributions are mathematical in their approach and address questions such as property bounds for complex systems, time series analyses, control of chaos, fractals and stochastics. Systems treated range from traffic flow and Couett-Taylor flow through chemical waves and neural nets to chemotaxis and microtubules. The only articles of direct relevance to quantum electronics are the three on smectics, Josephson junctions and n-GasAs.
The contributions are generally well written but demand a high level of competence and may be difficult for the nonexpert. Many of the authors are well known in the field of nonlinear dynamics: F. H. Busse, H. Haken, P. Haenggi and R. Stoop, to name just a few. Thus the book does succeed in presenting some of the important open theoretical questions and in exposing the wide range of applicability of nonlinear physics. However, it may be too demanding for the expert in quantum electronics who is a novice in the dynamics of complex systems. On the other hand, a researcher in quantum electronics with a nonlinear dynamics problem at hand may find just what he/she is looking for.
John S. Shiner