Order and Chaos in Nonlinear Physical Systems

1. Chaos, Order, Patterns, Fractals-An Overview.- 2. An Introduction to the Properties of One-Dimensional Difference Equations.- 3. Spectral Transform and Solitons: How to Solve and Investigate Nonlinear Evolution Equations.- 4. Homogeneous Isothermal Oscillations and Spatiotemporal Organization in Chemical Reactions.- 5. Synergetics-From Physics to Biology.- 6. Instabilities and Chaos in Lasers: Introduction to Hyperchaos.- 7. Nonlinear Optics of Bistability and Pulse Propagation.- 8. Electron and Phonon Instabilities.- 9. Fractals in Physics: Introductory Concepts.- 10. Phase Transitions.- 11. Classical Chaos and Quantum Eigenvalues.- 12. Renormalization Description of Transitions to Chaos.- 13. Order and Chaos in Hamiltonian Systems.- 14. Elementary Symbolic Dynamics.- 15. Nonlinear Mechanical Properties.- 16. Reconstruction of Piecewise Smooth Surfaces Using Simple Analog and Hybrid Networks.- 17. The Slaving Principle of Synergetics-An Outline.