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Chaotic behavior in systems. --- Chaos in systems --- Chaos theory --- Chaotic motion in systems --- Differentiable dynamical systems --- Dynamics --- Nonlinear theories --- System theory

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"A Modern Course in Statistical Physics" is a textbook that illustrates the foundations of equilibrium and non-equilibrium statistical physics, and the universal nature of thermodynamic processes, from the point of view of contemporary research problems. The book treats such diverse topics as the microscopic theory of critical phenomena, superfluid dynamics, quantum conductance, light scattering, transport processes, and dissipative structures, all in the framework of the foundations of statistical physics and thermodynamics. It shows the quantum origins of problems in classical statistical physics. One focus of the book is fluctuations that occur due to the discrete nature of matter, a topic of growing importance for nanometer scale physics and biophysics. Another focus concerns classical and quantum phase transitions, in both monatomic and mixed particle systems. This fourth edition extends the range of topics considered to include, for example, entropic forces, electrochemical processes in biological systems and batteries, adsorption processes in biological systems, diamagnetism, the theory of Bose-Einstein condensation, memory effects in Brownian motion, the hydrodynamics of binary mixtures. A set of exercises and problems is to be found at the end of each chapter and, in addition, solutions to a subset of the problems is provided. The appendices cover Exact Differentials, Ergodicity, Number Representation, Scattering Theory, and also a short course on Probability.

Statistical physics --- Physique statistique.

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Statistical physics --- 536 --- Heat. Thermodynamics --- Statistical physics. --- 536 Heat. Thermodynamics --- Zoogeography --- 591.524.12 --- 591.9 --- Plankton. Zooplankton --- Geographic zoology. Zoogeography. Fauna. Geographic distribution of animals --- 591.9 Geographic zoology. Zoogeography. Fauna. Geographic distribution of animals --- 591.524.12 Plankton. Zooplankton --- 574.472 --- 574.583 --- 574.583 Plankton --- Plankton --- 574.472 Biodiversity --- Biodiversity

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Organic Computing is a research field emerging around the conviction that problems of organization in complex systems in computer science, telecommunications, neurobiology, molecular biology, ethology, and possibly even sociology can be tackled scientifically in a unified way. From the computer science point of view, the apparent ease in which living systems solve computationally difficult problems makes it inevitable to adopt strategies observed in nature for creating information processing machinery. In this book, the major ideas behind Organic Computing are delineated, together with a sparse sample of computational projects undertaken in this new field. Biological metaphors include evolution, neural networks, gene-regulatory networks, networks of brain modules, hormone system, insect swarms, and ant colonies. Applications are as diverse as system design, optimization, artificial growth, task allocation, clustering, routing, face recognition, and sign language understanding.

Ergodic theory. Information theory --- Classical mechanics. Field theory --- Neuropathology --- Engineering sciences. Technology --- Computer science --- Artificial intelligence. Robotics. Simulation. Graphics --- neurologie --- analyse (wiskunde) --- informatica --- ingenieurswetenschappen --- robots --- dynamica --- informatietheorie