Nonlinear science at the dawn of the 21st century (Q1975012)

The articles of this volume will be reviewed individually. Publishers's description: Nonlinear science is by now a well established field of research at the interface of many traditional disciplines and draws on the theoretical concepts developed in physics and mathematics. The present volume gathers the contributions of leading scientists to give the state of the art in many areas strongly influenced by nonlinear research, such as superconduction, optics, lattice dynamics, biology and biomolecular dynamics. While this volume is primarily intended for researchers working in the field, care has been taken that it will also be of benefit to graduate students or nonexpert scientist wishing to familiarize themselves with the current status of research. Indexed articles: \textit{Kuznetsov, E. A.; Zakharov, V. E.}, Nonlinear coherent phenomena in continuous media., 3-45 [Zbl 1106.35330] \textit{Ostrovsky, Lev; Gorshkov, Konstantin}, Perturbation theories for nonlinear waves., 47-65 [Zbl 1048.35099] \textit{Barone, Antonio; Pagano, Sergio}, Josephson devices, 69-86 [Zbl 1025.78503] \textit{Salerno, Mario; Samuelsen, Mogens}, Josephson flux-flow oscillators in microwave fields, 87-101 [Zbl 1030.78507] \textit{Carapella, G.; Costabile, G.}, Coupled structures of long Josephson junctions, 103-119 [Zbl 1031.82057] \textit{Pedersen, N. F.}, Stacked Josephson junctions, 121-136 [Zbl 1031.82059] \textit{Mertens, Franz G.; Bishop, Alan R.}, Dynamics of vortices in two-dimensional magnets., 137-170 [Zbl 1036.82032] \textit{Kivshar, Yuri S.}, Spatial optical solitons, 173-194 [Zbl 1030.78009] \textit{Agrawal, Govind P.}, Nonlinear fiber optics, 195-211 [Zbl 1024.78514] \textit{Bergé, Luc; Rasmussen, Jens Juul}, Self-focusing and collapse of light beams in nonlinear dispersive media, 213-228 [Zbl 1030.78508] \textit{Moloney, J. V.}, Coherent structures in dissipative nonlinear optical systems, 229-246 [Zbl 1030.78509] \textit{Malomed, Boris A.}, Solitons in optical media with quadratic nonlinearity, 247-262 [Zbl 1030.78008] \textit{Kivshar, Yuri S.; Benner, Hartmut; Braun, Oleg M.}, Nonlinear models for the dynamics of topological defects in solids., 265-291 [Zbl 1106.74356] \textit{Marín, J. L.; Eilbeck, J. C.; Russell, F. M.}, 2-D breathers and applications, 293-305 [Zbl 1030.82013] \textit{Gaididei, Yu. B.; Christiansen, P. L.; Mingaleev, S. F.}, Scale competition in nonlinear Schrödinger models, 307-321 [Zbl 1031.35133] \textit{Remoissenet, M.}, Demonstration systems for kink-solitons, 323-337 [Zbl 1031.35121] \textit{Scott, Alwyn}, Quantum lattice solitons, 339-355 [Zbl 1031.35136] \textit{Tsironis, G. P.}, Noise in molecular systems, 357-370 [Zbl 1026.92019] \textit{Yakushevich, L. V.}, Nonlinear dynamics of DNA, 373-391 [Zbl 1026.92018] \textit{Zolotaryuk, A. V.; Savin, A. V.; Christiansen, P. L.}, From the FPU chain to biomolecular dynamics, 393-407 [Zbl 1027.92003] \textit{Kessler, John O.; Burnett, G. David; Remick, Katherine E.}, Mutual dynamics of swimming microorganisms and their fluid habitat, 409-426 [Zbl 1026.92006] \textit{Haken, Hermann}, Nonlinearities in biology: The brain as an example, 427-445 [Zbl 1026.92007] \textit{Scott, Alwyn}, Remembering Bob. (Robert Dana Parmentier, May 8, 1939--January 2, 1997), vii-xii [Zbl 1031.01520]