Complex Systems and Binary Networks: Guanajuato Lectures, Held at Guanajuato, México, 16 - 22 January 1995

by Ramon Lopez-Pena (Editor), Riccardo Capovilla (Editor), Ricardo Garcia-Pelayo (Editor), Henri Waelbroeck (Editor), Federico Zertuche (Editor)

Overview

The five contributions describe some key mathematical concepts involved in the study of complex systems and non-perturbative problems. The selection of topics is intended to cross-fertilize the various fields where complex systems theory has made an impact. The book presents specific and detailed results meant for a wide audience of researchers and students. It begins with those contributions which help to set up a general theoretical framework and ends with selected applications to the particular areas of biophysics, statistical physics, astrophysics and cosmology. It also includes an extensive bibliography. This pedagogically written text can be used as an introduction to the fundamental ideas behind complex systems theory.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9783662140574
Publisher:	Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Publication date:	10/03/2013
Series:	Lecture Notes in Physics , #461
Edition description:	Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1995
Pages:	228
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.25(h) x 0.02(d)

Table of Contents

Randomness & complexity in pure mathematics.- The berry paradox.- Knots and complex systems.- Towards a theory of landscapes.- Coarsening phenomena in one dimension.- Cosmology as a problem in critical phenomena.