Lectures in Synergetics (World Scientific Series on Nonlinear Science, Series a, Vol 33)

An introduction to the world of nonlinear phenomena that are studied in synergetics. It comprises treatises on mathematical methods for the study of nonequilibrium processes and presents versatile phenomena studied in synergetics: multistability, self-oscillation, spatial stratification, autowaves, kinetic phase transitions and chaos. Examples of self-organization in physics, chemistry and biology covered in the volume include laser generation, optical bistability, self-oscillations in semiconductors and chemical reactions, spatial stratification in hydrodynamics and in crystals, auto-waves in semiconductors and nerve fibres and many other phenomena.