Pattern formation : an introduction to methods /
From the stripes of a zebra and the spots on a leopard's back to the ripples on a sandy beach or desert dune, regular patterns arise everywhere in nature. The appearance and evolution of these phenomena has been a focus of recent research activity across several disciplines. This book provides...
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Cambridge :
Cambridge University Press,
2006.
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Table of Contents:
- What are natural patterns?
- A bit of bifurcation theory
- A bit of group theory
- Bifurcations with symmetry
- Simple lattice patterns
- Superlattices, hidden symmetries and other complications
- Spatial modulation and envelope equations
- Instabilities of stripes and travelling plane waves
- More instabilities of patterns
- Spirals, defects and spiral defect chaos
- Large-aspect-ratio systems and the Cross-Newell equation.
