In 438 alphabetically-arranged essays, this work provides a useful overview of the core mathematical background for nonlinear science, as well as its applications to key problems in ecology and biological systems, chemical reaction-diffusion problems, geophysics, economics, electrical and mechanical oscillations in engineering systems, lasers and nonlinear optics, fluid mechanics and turbulence, and condensed matter physics, among others.
# Hardcover: 1104 pages
# Publisher: Routledge (November 29, 2004)
# Language: English
# ISBN-10: 1579583857
# ISBN-13: 978-1579583859