TY - BOOK ID - 78144129 TI - Encyclopedia of nonlinear science PY - 2005 SN - 1135455589 1280450770 9786610450770 0203647416 9780203647417 9781579583859 1579583857 1579583857 9781135455538 9781135455576 9781135455583 9781138012141 1135455570 PB - New York : Routledge, DB - UniCat KW - Nonlinear theories KW - Nonlinear problems KW - Nonlinearity (Mathematics) KW - Calculus KW - Mathematical analysis KW - Mathematical physics UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:78144129 AB - In 438 alphabetically-arranged essays, this work provides a useful overview of the core mathematical background for nonlinear science, as well as its applications to key problems in ecology and biological systems, chemical reaction-diffusion problems, geophysics, economics, electrical and mechanical oscillations in engineering systems, lasers and nonlinear optics, fluid mechanics and turbulence, and condensed matter physics, among others. ER -