Author | Haken, Hermann. author |
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Title | Synergetics [electronic resource] : Introduction and Advanced Topics / by Hermann Haken |
Imprint | Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2004 |
Connect to | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-10184-1 |
Descript | XV, 764 p. online resource |
Part I: Goal -- Probability -- Information -- Chance -- Necessity -- Chance and Necessity -- Self-Organization -- Physical Systems -- Chemical and Biochemical Systems -- Applications in Biology -- Sociology and Economics -- Chaos -- Some Historical Remarks and Outlook -- Part II: Linear Ordinary Differential Equations -- Linear Ordinary Differential Equations with Quasiperiodic Coefficients -- Stochastic Nonlinear Differential Equations -- The World of Coupled Nonlinear Oscillators -- Nonlinear Coupling of Oscillators: The Case of Persistence of Quasiperiodic Motion -- Nonlinear Equations. The Slaving Principle -- Nonlinear Equations. Qualitative Macroscopic Changes -- Spatial Patterns -- The Inclusion of Noise -- Discrete Noisy Maps -- Example of an Unsolvable Problem in Dynamics -- Some Comments on the Relation Between Synergetics and Other Sciences