University of Calgary

PHYS 621 - Nonlinear Dynamics and Pattern Formation - Winter 2012

Topics: Introduction to pattern formation and self-organization in nature: Reaction-diffusion systems, hydrodynamical systems, bistable media, excitable and oscillatory media, stability analysis, bifurcations, pattern selection, amplitude equations and normal forms, fronts, traveling waves, topological defects, spiral waves, spatiotemporal chaos, defect-mediated turbulence, spatiotemporal point processes
This course may not be repeated for credit.

Hours

  • H(3-0)

Notes

  • It is expected that a student's background will include Physics 451, Physics 481 and 521 or equivalents.
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