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Introduction to the Physics of Complex Systems (The Mesoscopic Approach to Fluctuations, Nonlinearity and Self-organization)

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, , Citation Michael G Brereton 1987 Phys. Bull. 38 391 DOI 10.1088/0031-9112/38/10/030

0031-9112/38/10/391

Abstract

Roberto Serra et al 1986 Oxford: Pergamon xvii + 222 pp price £20 (£9.95 paperback) ISBN 0 08 032629 3 Hdbk. 0 08 032628 5 Pbk

The interplay between nonlinear interactions and stochastic processes in the fields of nonequilibrium statistical mechanics and system dynamics has recently produced an unexpected richness of complexity. The competition between order and chaos in open systems, stability and bifurcation in dynamical systems, and the ubiquitous appearance of deterministic chaos and strange attractors are all manifestations of this new field of activity.

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