by Jacques-Alexandre Sepulchre (Institut Non Linéaire de Nice, France) & Jean-Luc Beaumont (Institut Non Linéaire de Nice, France)

This book is the second volume of lecture notes on various topics in nonlinear physics delivered by specialists in the field who gave courses in the small village of Peyresq (France) during summer schools (2000, 2001, 2002) organised by the Institut Non Linéaire de Nice (INLN), in collaboration with the Institut de Recherche de Physique Hors Equilibre (IRPHE). The goal is to provide good summaries on the state of the art of some domains in physics having the common denominator of belonging to nonlinear sciences, and to promote the transfer of knowledge between them.

• The Dynamo Effect (S Fauve & F Petrelis)
• An Introduction to Equivariant Bifurcations and Spontaneous Symmetry Breaking (P Chossat)
• Bose–Einstein Condensate of Trapped Atomic Gases (Ph W Courteille)
• An Introduction to Bose-Einstein Condensation Experiments (D Guéry-Odelin)
• Highlights of the Theory of Bose-Einstein Condensates (Y Pomeau)
• Mixing (E Villermaux)
• Flow of Complex Fluids (J Meunier & D Bonn)
• Elements of Similarity and Singularity (A Verga)
• Topics on Volume Preserving Maps and Permutations Related to Hydrodynamics and Electrostatics (Y Brenier)