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Directions in Condensed Matter Physics - Vol. 3

DIRECTIONS IN CHAOS — VOLUME 1

edited by B-L Hao (ITP, Beijing)

This volume, the first of a two-volume book, consists of a collection of comprehensive reviews and lectures written by active researchers on topics in chaotic phenomena.


Contents:

  • Directions in Classical Chaos (J Ford)
  • Nonlinear Resonance and Chaos in Conservative Systems (L Reichl & W-M Zheng)
  • Generalized Renormalization Group Analysis of Period-Doubling Bifurcations (K L Liu & K Young)
  • Application of Dimension Algorithms to Experimental Chaos (G Mayer-Kress)
  • Emergence of Chaos in Laser Systems and the Development of Diagnostic Techniques (J Tredicce & L Narducci)
  • Dissipative Classical and Quantum Dynamics: the Morse Oscillator (J M Yuan)
  • Transitions to Chaos in Higher Dimensions (B Hu & J-M Mao)
  • Phenomenology of Spatio-Temporal Chaos (J Crutchfield & K Kaneko)


Readership: Condensed matter physicists, applied mathematicians and computer scientists.


"This is an outstanding book which can be recommended to anyone interested in chaos."

Professor W J Firth
Contemporary Physics, 1989




368pp Pub. date: Dec 1987
ISBN 9971-50-359-X US$112 / £77
ISBN 9971-50-360-3(pbk) US$58 / £40


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Updated on 24 July 2008