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This monograph consists of two parts and gives an approach to the physics of open nonequilibrium systems. Part I derives the phenomena of dissipative structures on the basis of reduced evolution equations and includes Benard convection and Belousov-Zhabotinskii chemical reactions. Part II discusses the physics and structures of chaos. While presenting a construction of the statistical physics of chaos, the authors unify the geometrical and statistical descriptions of dynamical systems. The shape of chaotic attractors is characterized, as are the mixing and diffusion of chaotic orbits and the fluctuation of energy dissipation exhibited by chaotic systems.

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Author:   H. Mori (Kyushu Kyoritsu University) ,  Y. Kuramoto (Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan) ,  G.C. Paquette
Publisher:   Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG
Imprint:   Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K
Edition:   illustrated edition
Dimensions:   Width: 16.20cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 24.30cm
Weight:   0.544kg
ISBN:  

9783540627449

ISBN 10:   3540627448
Pages:   318
Publication Date:   30 October 1997
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

I. Dissipative Structures.- 1. A Representative Example of Dissipative Structure.- 1.1 Benard Convection.- 1.2 The Belousov-Zhabotinskii Reaction.- 2. Amplitude Equations and Their Applications.- 2.1 The Newell-Whitehead Equation and the Stability of Periodic Solutions.- 2.2 Anisotropic Fluids and the Ginzburg-Pitaevskii Equation.- 2.3 Topological Defects and Their Motion.- 2.4 The Amplitude Equation of an Oscillating Field.- 2.5 The Properties of the Complex Ginzburg-Landau Equation.- 2.5.1 Propagating Planar Wave Solutions and Their Stability.- 2.5.2 Rotating Spiral Waves.- 2.5.3 Hole Solutions and Disordered Patterns.- 3. Reaction-Diffusion Systems and Interface Dynamics.- 3.1 Interfaces in Single-Component Bistable Systems.- 3.2 Solitary Wave Pulses and Periodic Wave Pulse Trains in Excitable Systems.- 3.3 Spiral Waves in Excitable Systems.- 3.4 Multiple Spiral Waves and the Turing Pattern.- 3.4.1 Compound Spiral Rotation.- 3.4.2 The Turing Pattern.- 3.5 The Instability of Interfaces and Formation of Structure.- 4. Phase Dynamics.- 4.1 Weak Turbulence of Periodic Structures and the Phase Equation.- 4.2 Phase Waves and Phase Turbulence of Oscillating Fields.- 4.2.1 The Phase Equation of an Oscillating Field and Its Applications.- 4.2.2 Phase Waves and the Target Pattern.- 4.2.3 Phase Turbulence.- 4.3 The Phase Dynamics of Interfaces.- 4.4 Multiple Field Dynamics.- 5. Foundations of Reduction Theory.- 5.1 Two Simple Examples.- 5.2 The Destabilization of Stationary Solutions.- 5.3 Foundations of the Amplitude Equation.- 5.4 The Introduction of Continuous Spatial Degrees of Freedom.- 5.4.1 The Hopf Bifurcation.- 5.4.2 The Turing Instability.- 5.5 Fundamentals of Phase Dynamics.- 5.5.1 Phase Dynamics in a Uniform Oscillating Field.- 5.5.2 Phase Dynamics for a System with Periodic Structure.- 5.5.3 Interface Dynamics in a Two-Dimensional Medium.- Supplement I: Dynamics of Coupled Oscillator Systems.- SI.1 The Phase Dynamics of a Collection of Oscillators.- SI.2 Synchronization Phenomena.- II. The Structure and Physics of Chaos.- 6. A Physical Approach to Chaos.- 6.1 The Phase Space Structure of Dissipative Dynamical Systems.- 6.2 The Phase Space Structure of Conservative Dynamical Systems.- 6.3 Orbital Instability and the Mixing Nature of Chaos.- 6.3.1 The Liapunov Number.- 6.3.2 The Expansion Rate of Nearby Orbits, ?1(Xt ).- 6.3.3 Mixing and Memory Loss.- 6.4 The Statistical Description of Chaos.- 6.4.1 The Statistical Stability of Chaos.- 6.4.2 Time Coarse-Graining and the Spectrum ?(?).- 6.4.3 The Statistical Structure of Chaos.- 7. Bifurcation Phenomena of Dissipative Dynamical Systems.- 7.1 Band Chaos of the Henon Map.- 7.2 The Derivation of Several Low-Dimensional Maps.- 7.2.1 The Henon Map.- 7.2.2 The Annulus Map.- 7.2.3 The Standard Map (J = 1).- 7.2.4 One-Dimensional Maps (J = 0).- 7.3 Bifurcations of the One-Dimensional Quadratic Map.- 7.3.1 2n-Bifurcations and 2n-Band Bifurcations.- 7.3.2 The Self-Similarity and Renormalization Transformation of 2n-Bifurcations.- 7.3.3 The Similarity of 2n-Band Bifurcations.- 7.4 Bifurcations of the One-Dimensional Circle Map.- 7.4.1 Phase-Locked Band Chaos.- 7.4.2 Phase-Unlocked Fully Extended Chaos.- 8. The Statistical Physics of Aperiodic Motion.- 8.1 The Statistical Structure Functions of the Coarse-Grained Orbital Expansion Rate.- 8.1.1 The Baker Transformation.- 8.1.2 Attractor Destruction in the Quadratic Map.- 8.1.3 Attractor Merging in the Circle Map.- 8.1.4 Bifurcations of the Henon Map.- 8.1.5 The Slopes s? and sss of ?(?).- 8.2 The Singularity Spectrum f(?).- 8.2.1 The Multifractal Dimension D(q).- 8.2.2 Partial Local Dimensions ?1(X) and ?2(X).- 8.2.3 f (?) Spectra of Critical Attractors.- 8.3 Theory Regarding the Slope of ?(?).- 8.3.1 The Slope s? Due to the Folding of Wu for Tangency Structure.- 8.3.2 The Slope sss Resulting from Collision with the Saddle S.- 8.4 The Relation Between f (?) and ?(?).- 8.4.1 The Linear Segment of f (?) Resulting from the Folding of Wu in the Presence of Tangency Structure.- 8.4.2 The Linear Segment of f (?) Caused by Bifurcation.- 9 Chaotic Bifurcations and Critical Phenomena.- 9.1 Crisis and Energy Dissipation in the Forced Pendulum.- 9.1.1 The Slope s? Induced by the Cantor Repellor.- 9.1.2 The Spectrum ?(W) of the Energy Dissipation Rate.- 9.1.3 The Formation of the Attractor Form in Figure 6.1.- 9.2 Fully-Extended Chaos That Exists After Attractor Merging.- 9.2.1 Attractor Merging in the Annulus Map.- 9.2.2 Attractor Merging in the Forced Pendulum.- 9.3 Critical Phenomena and Dynamical Similarity of Chaos.- 9.3.1 The Self-Similar Time Series of Critical Attractors.- 9.3.2 The Algebraic Structure Functions of the Critical Attractor.- 9.3.3 The Internal Similarity of Bands for the Spectrum ?(?).- 9.3.4 The Form Characterizing the Disappearance of Two-Dimensional Fractality.- 10. Mixing and Diffusion in Chaos of Conservative Systems.- 10.1 The Dynamical Self-Similarity of the Last KAM Torus.- 10.1.1 The Self-Similar Fm Time Series.- 10.1.2 The Symmetric Spectrum ?ss(ss).- 10.2 The Mixing of Widespread Chaos.- 10.2.1 The Form of ?(?) and the Breaking of Time-Reversal Symmetry.- 10.2.2 The Appearance of Anomalous Scaling Laws for Mixing.- 10.3 Anomalous Diffusion Due to Islands of Accelerator Mode Tori.- 10.3.1 Accelerator Mode Periodic Orbits.- 10.3.2 Long-Time Velocity Correlation.- 10.3.3 The Anomalous Nature of the Statistical Structure of the Coarse-Grained Velocity.- 10.4 Diffusion and Mixing of Fluids as a Result of Oscillation of Laminar Flow.- 10.4.1 Islands of Accelerator Mode Tori Existing Within Turnstiles.- 10.4.2 Anomalous Mixing Due to Long-Time Correlation.- Supplement II: On the Structure of Chaos.- SII.1 On-Off Intermittency.- SII.2 Anomalous Diffusion Induced by an Externally Applied Force.- SII.3 Transport Coefficients and the Liapunov Spectrum.- Summary of Part II.- A. Appendix.- A.1 Periodic Points of Conservative Maps and Their Neighborhoods.- A.2 Variance and the Time Correlation Function.- A.3 The Cantor Repellor of Intermittent Chaos.

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.."".extremely well written ...and has sufficient detail and clarity to enable readers (presumably post-graduates) to learn the important techniques presented... the best reference that I know that describes the physics (and in particular the statistical physics) of dissipative structures and chaos...an absolute must"" Australian & New Zealand Physicist

.. .extremely well written ...and has sufficient detail and clarity to enable readers (presumably post-graduates) to learn the important techniques presented... the best reference that I know that describes the physics (and in particular the statistical physics) of dissipative structures and chaos...an absolute must Australian & New Zealand Physicist

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