Pattern Formation In Complex Dissipative Systems: Fluid Patterns, Liquid Crystals, Chemical Reactions

Pattern competition in Rayleigh-Benard convection - hexagons vs. rolls, G. Ahlers; convective patterns and transition to turbulence in nematic liquid crystals, L. Kramer; anomalous kinetic roughening, T. Vicsek; pattern formation in two Hele-Shaw systems - dielectric breakdown of liquids and electrodeposits, L. Lam; filaments in liquid crystals - structure and dynamics, P. Palffy-Muhoray; a simple model for the networks of bursting neurons, Y. Kuramoto; topological defects and mechanism of transition to weak turbulence, V. Steinberg; local bifurcations, defects in the convection of nematics, R. Ribotta; transport and energy dissipation in chaotic dynamical systems, H. Mori; turbulence in a box, A. Libchaber; experimental investigations of the spatio-temporal chaos and of the wave propagation in a one-dimensional extended system, Y. Couder; structure and spatio-temporal disorder of capillary waves excited parametrically by noise, M.I. Rabinovich; relative stability in single and multiple variable chemical systems, J. Ross; coupled pattern generators in lateral inhibition media, M. Mimura; (part contents).