02847nam a2200325 a 4500991004036459707536030304s gw 000 0 eng d3540669183b11902048-39ule_inst530.155252LC QC20.7.N6510.39510.34Nonlinear science at the dawn of the 21st century /P.L. Christiansen, M.P. Sørensen, A.C. Scott, (eds.)Berlin ;New York :Springer,c2000xxvi, 457 p. :ill. ;24 cm.Lecture notes in physics,0075-8450 ;542Includes bibliographical references and index.Nonlinear coherent phenomena in continuous media / E.A. Kuznetsov and V.E. Zakharov - Perturbation theories for nonlinear waves / L. Ostrovsky and K. Gorshkov - Josephson devices / A. Barone and S. Pagano - Josephson flux-flow oscillators in microwave fields / M. Salerno and M. Samuelsen - Coupled structures of long Josephson junctions / G. Carapella and G. Costabile - Stacked Josephson junctions / N.F. Pedersen - Dynamics of vortices in two-dimensional magnets / F.G. Mertens and A.R. Bishop - Spatial optical solitons / Yu.S. Kivshar - Nonlinear fiber optics / G.P. Agrawal -Self-focusing and collapse of light beams in nonlinear dispersive media / L. Bergé and J. Juul Rasmussen - Coherent structures in dissipative nonlinear optical systems / J.V. Moloney - Solitons in optical media with quadratic nonlinearity / B.A. Malomed - Nonlinear models for the dynamics of topological defects in solids / Yu.S. Kivshar, H. Benner and O.M. Braun - 2-D breathers and applications / J.L. Marín, J.C. Eilbeck and F.M. Russell - Scale competition in nonlinear Schrödinger models / Yu.B. Gaididei, P.L. Christiansen and S.F. Mingaleev - Demonstration systems for Kink-solitons / M. Remoissenet - Quantum lattice solitons / A.C. Scott - Noise in molecular systems / G.P. Tsironis - Nonlinear dynamics of DNA / L.V. Yakushevich - From the FPU chain to biomolecular dynamics / A.V. Zolotaryuk, A.V. Savin and P.L. Christiansen - Mutual dynamics of swimming microorganisms and their fluid habitat / J.O. Kessler, G.D. Burnett and K.E. Remick - Nonlinearities in biology : the brain as an example / H. Haken.Nonlinear theoriesMathematical physicsChristiansen, Peter L.authorhttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut736262Sørensen, Mads PeterScott, Alwyn.b1190204828-04-1704-03-03991004036459707536LE006 510.34/510.39 CHR12006000088619le006-E109.80-l- 00000.i1216543804-03-03Nonlinear science at the dawn of the 21st century1454894UNISALENTOle00604-03-03ma -enggw 01