Spatial Patterns: Higher Order Models in Physics and Mechanics

Preface Outline 1. Introduction Part I: The Symmetric Bistable Equation 2. Real Eigenvalues 3. Estimates 4. Periodic Solutions 5. Kinks and Pulses 6. Chaotic Solutions 7. Variational Problems Part II: Related Equations 8. The Asymmetric Double-Well Potential 9. The Swift--Hohenberg Equation 10. Waves in Nonlinearly Supported Beams References Index