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050 0 0 _aQ172.5.C45
_bH69 2006
082 0 4 _a500.201175
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100 1 _aHoyle, Rebecca B.,
_eauthor.
245 1 0 _aPattern formation :
_ban introduction to methods /
_cRebecca B. Hoyle.
264 1 _aCambridge :
_bCambridge University Press,
_c2006.
300 _a1 online resource (x, 422 pages) :
_bdigital, PDF file(s).
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
500 _aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
505 0 _aWhat 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.
520 _aFrom 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 an introduction to the range of mathematical theory and methods used to analyse and explain these often intricate and beautiful patterns. Bringing together several different approaches, from group theoretic methods to envelope equations and theory of patterns in large-aspect ratio-systems, the book also provides insight behind the selection of one pattern over another. Suitable as an upper-undergraduate textbook for mathematics students or as a fascinating, engaging, and fully illustrated resource for readers in physics and biology, Rebecca Hoyle's book, using a non-partisan approach, unifies a range of techniques used by active researchers in this growing field.
650 0 _aPattern formation (Physical sciences)
650 0 _aNonlinear theories.
776 0 8 _iPrint version:
_z9780521817509
856 4 0 _uhttps://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511616051
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