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.

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...