NONLINEARITY IN CONDENSED MATTER by Alan R. Bishop (Editor), David K. Campbell (Editor), Steven E. Trullinger (Editor) ( 9783642830358 )

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Title:

NONLINEARITY IN CONDENSED MATTER
PROCEEDINGS OF THE SIXTH ANNUAL CONFERENCE, CENTER FOR NONLINEAR STUDIES, LOS ALAMOS, NEW MEXICO, 5-9 MAY, 1986

By:

Alan R. Bishop (Editor), David K. Campbell (Editor), Steven E. Trullinger (Editor)

Format:

Paperback

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ISBN 10:

3642830358

ISBN 13:

9783642830358

Publisher:

SPRINGER-VERLAG BERLIN AND HEIDELBERG GMBH & CO. KG

Pub. date:

8 December, 2011

Edition:

Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1987

Series:

Springer Series in Solid-State Sciences 69

Pages:

404

Synopsis:

The Sixth Annual Conference of the Center for Nonlinear Studies at the Los Alamos National Laboratory was held May 5-9, 1986, on the topic "Nonlinearity in Condensed Matter: Lessons from the Past and Prospects for the Future. " As conference organizers, we felt that the study of non- linear phenomena in condensed matter had matured to the point where it made sense to take stock of the numerous lessons to be learned from a variety of contexts where nonlinearity plays a fundamental role and to evaluate the prospects for the growth of this general discipline. The successful 1978 Oxford Symposium on nonlinear (soliton) struc- ture and dynamics in condensed matter (Springer Ser. Solid-State Sci. , Vol. 8) was held at a time when the ubiquity of solitons was just begin- ning to be appreciated by the condensed matter community; in subsequent years the soliton paradigm has provided a rather useful framework for in- vestigating a large number of phenomena, particularly in low-dimensional systems. Nevertheless, we felt that the importance of nonlinearity in wider arenas than "solitonics" merited a significant expansion in the scope of the conference over that of the 1978 symposium. Indeed, many of the lessons are quite general and their potential for cross-fertilization of otherwise poorly connected disciplines was certainly one of the prime motivations for this conference. Thus, while these proceedings contain many contribu- tions pertaining to soliton behavior in different contexts, the reader will find much more as well, particularly in the later chapters.

Illustrations:

X, 404 p.

Publication:

Germany

Imprint:

Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K

Returns:

Returnable

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