Coherent Structures in Complex Systems Selected Papers of the XVII Sitges Conference on Statistical Mechanics Held at Sitges, Barcelona, Spain, 5-9 June 2000. Preliminary Version /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Reguera, D. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Bonilla, L.L (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Rubi, J.M (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2001.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2001.
• Series: Lecture Notes in Physics, 567
• Subjects: Artificial intelligence.; Physics.; Statistical physics.; Dynamical systems.; Biophysics.; Biological physics.; Fluids.; Artificial Intelligence.; Physics, general.; Complex Systems.; Biological and Medical Physics, Biophysics.; Fluid- and Aerodynamics.; Statistical Physics and Dynamical Systems.
• Physical Description: IX, 465 p. online resource.
• ISBN: 9783540446989
• ISSN: 0075-8450 ;
• DOI: 10.1007/3-540-44698-2

A rich variety of real-life physical problems which are still poorly understood are of a nonlinear nature. Examples include turbulence, granular flows, detonations and flame propagation, fracture dynamics, and a wealth of new biological and chemical phenomena which are being discovered. Particularly interesting among the manifestations of nonlinearity are coherent structures. This book contains reviews and contributions reporting on the state of the art regarding the role of coherent structures and patterns in nonlinear science.