Nonlinear Physics for Beginners

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Hardcover | 1 December 1996

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Almost all real systems are nonlinear. For a nonlinear system the superposition principle breaks down: The system's response is not proportional to the stimulus it receives; the whole is more than the sum of its parts. The three parts of this book contains the basics of nonlinear science, with applications in physics. Part I contains an overview of fractals, chaos, solitons, pattern formation, cellular automata and complex systems. In Part II, 14 reviews and essays by pioneers, as well as 10 research articles are reprinted. Part III collects 17 students projects, with computer algorithms for simulation models included. The book can be used for self-study, as a textbook for a one-semester course, or as supplement to other courses in linear of nonlinear systems. The reader should have some knowledge in introductory college physics. No mathematics beyond calculus and no computer literacy are assumed.

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Prologue: The Ground Has Shifted	p. 1
Overview	p. 3
Introduction	p. 5
Fractals	p. 11
Chaos	p. 17
Solitons	p. 23
Pattern Formation	p. 27
Cellular Automata	p. 35
Complex Systems	p. 37
Remarks and Further Reading	p. 43
Reprints	p. 47
Fractals	p. 51
Fractal Growth Processes	p. 51
Fractal Geometry in Crumpled Paper Balls	p. 56
Fractal of Large Scale Structures in the Universe	p. 58
The Devil's Staircase	p. 63
Multifractal Phenomena in Physics and Chemistry	p. 71
Simple Multifractals with Sierpinski Gasket Supports	p. 76
Chaos	p. 92
Chaos	p. 92
Chaos in a Dripping Faucet	p. 104
Chaos, Strange Attractors, and Fractal Basin Boundaries in Nonlinear Dynamics	p. 111
Nonlinear Forecasting as a Way of Distinguishing Chaos from Measurement Error in Time Series	p. 118
Controlling Chaos	p. 125
Quantum Chaos	p. 132
How Random is a Coin Toss?	p. 139
Solitons	p. 147
Solitons	p. 147
Soliton Propagation in Liquid Crystals	p. 152
Possible Relevance of Soliton Solutions to Superconductivity	p. 157
Pattern Formation	p. 159
Dendrites, Viscous Fingers, and the Theory of Pattern Formation	p. 159
Tip Splitting Without Interfacial Tension and Dendritic Growth Patterns Arising from Molecular Anisotropy	p. 166
Oblique Roll Instability in an Electroconvective Anisotropic Fluid	p. 172
Critical Behavior in the Transitions to Convective Flows in Nematic Liquid Crystals	p. 176
Chemical Waves	p. 187
Cellular Automata and Complex Systems	p. 193
More is Different	p. 193
Cellular Automata as Models of Complexity	p. 197
Catastrophes and Self-Organized Criticality	p. 203
Active-Walker Models: Growth and Form in Nonequilibrium Systems	p. 207
Active Walks and Path Dependent Phenomena in Social Systems	p. 215
Projects	p. 223
Computational	p. 229
Fractals	p. 229
The Chaos Game and Sierpinski Gasket	p. 229
Iteration Maps and the Sierpinski Fractals	p. 231
Calculating the Box Dimension	p. 237
Diffusion-Limited Aggregates in Radial Geometry	p. 240
The Dielectric Breakdown Model with Noise Reduction	p. 245
Chaos	p. 257
The Tent Map	p. 257
The Waterwheel	p. 260
Pattern Formation	p. 271
Biased Random Walks	p. 271
Surface Tension and the Evolution of Deformed Water Drops	p. 275
Ising-like Model of Ferrofluid Patterns	p. 279
Cellular Automata	p. 283
One-Dimensional Totalistic Cellular Automata	p. 283
Two-Dimensional Cellular Automata: Formation of Clusters	p. 286
Theoretical	p. 291
Curve Length and the Scaling Parameter	p. 291
Analysis of the Back-Propagating Neural Network for the XOR Problem	p. 294
Experimental	p. 301
Instabilities of Finite Water Columns	p. 301
Viscous Fingering in Optical Cement Displaced by Water	p. 308
The Fractal Nature of Shock-Wave Induced Fractures	p. 315
Epilogue: The Real World	p. 319
Computer Program for Active Walk	p. 321
Publications from Nonlinear Physics Group of SJSU	p. 328
Acknowledgments	p. 333
Index	p. 335
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