Chaos, Order, and Patterns, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1991 NATO Science Series B: Series, Vol. 280

Proceedings of a NATO ASI held in Lake Como, Italy, June 25--July 6, 1990

Scaling Function Dynamics.- Renormalization, Zygmund Smoothness and the Epstein Class.- Torus Maps.- Quasiperiodicity, Mode-Locking, and Universal Scaling in Rayleigh-Bénard Convection.- Patterns in Chaos.- Spatio-Temporal Chaos.- Topics in Pattern Formation Problems and Related Questions.- Growth Patterns: From Stable Curved Fronts to Fractal Structures.- Simple and Complex Patterns in Coupled Map Lattices.- Coupled Map Lattice.- Global Implications of the Implicit Function Theorem.- Unfolding Complexity and Modelling Asymptotic Scaling Behaviour.- Contributors.