Pattern Formation in Continuous and Coupled Systems

Rayleigh-Bénard convection with rotation at small Prandtl numbers.- Chaotic intermittency of patterns in symmetric systems.- Heteroclinic cycles and phase turbulence.- Hopf bifurcation in anisotropic systems.- Heteroclinic cycles in symmetrically coupled systems.- Symmetry and pattern formation in coupled cell networks.- Spatial hidden symmetries in pattern formation.- Stability boundaries of the dynamic states in pulsating and cellular flames.- A quantitative description of the relaxation of textured patterns.- Forced symmetry breaking: theory and applications.- Spatiotemporal patterns in electrochemical systems.- Memory effects and complex patterns in a catalytic surface reaction.- Bursting mechanisms for hydrodynamical systems.- Bifurcation from periodic solutions with spatiotemporal symmetry.- Resonant pattern formation in a spatially extended chemical system.- Time-dependent pattern formation for two-layer convection.- Localized structures in pattern-forming systems.- Pattern formation in a surface reaction with global coupling.- Dynamical behavior of patterns with Euclidean symmetry.- Pattern selection in a diffusion-reaction system with global or long-range interaction.- Dynamics of kinks and vortices in Josephson-junction arrays.- Josephson junction arrays: Puzzles and prospects.- List of Participants.

Steven Strogatz, geboren 1959, promovierte an der Harvard University in Mathematik. Heute lehrt er als Professor für angewandte Mathematik an der Cornell University. Er ist einer der weltweit meistzitierten Mathematiker und erhielt eine Auszeichnung für sein Lebenswerk für mathematische Kommunikation. Für die New York Times schrieb er die populäre Kolumne "The Elements of Math", auf der dieses Buch basiert.