Nonlinear Science at the Dawn of the 21st Century

by P.L. Christiansen (editor)

Nonlinear Science.- Nonlinear Coherent Phenomena in Continuous Media.- Perturbation Theories for Nonlinear Waves.- Josephson Devices.- Josephson Flux-Flow Oscillators in Microwave Fields.- Coupled Structures of Long Josephson Junctions.- Stacked Josephson Junctions.- Dynamics of Vortices in Two-Dimensional Magnets.- Nonlinear Optics.- Spatial Optical Solitons.- Nonlinear Fiber Optics.- Self-Focusing and Collapse of Light Beams in Nonlinear Dispersive Media.- Coherent Structures in Dissipative Nonlinear Optical Systems.- Solitons in Optical Media with Quadratic Nonlinearity.- Lattice Dynamics and Applications.- Nonlinear Models for the Dynamics of Topological Defects in Solids.- 2-D Breathers and Applications.- Scale Competition in Nonlinear Schrödinger Models.- Demonstration Systems for Kink-Solitons.- Quantum Lattice Solitons.- Noise in Molecular Systems.- Biomolecular Dynamics and Biology.- Nonlinear Dynamics of DNA.- From the FPU Chain to Biomolecular Dynamics.- Mutual Dynamics of Swimming Microorganisms and Their Fluid Habitat.- Nonlinearities in The Brain as an Example.

488 pages, Paperback

First published April 13, 2000