Noise in Nonlinear Dynamical Systems, Vol. 2: Theory of Noise Induced Processes in Special Applications (Volume 2) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0521352290 ISBN 13: 9780521352291

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 1989

Synopsis

Nature is inherently noisy and nonlinear. It is noisy in the sense that all macroscopic systems are subject to the fluctuations of their environments and also to internal fluctuations. It is nonlinear in the sense that the restoring force on a system displaced from equilibrium does not usually vary linearly with the size of the displacement. To calculate the properties of stochastic (noisy) nonlinear systems is in general extremely difficult, although considerable progress has been made in the past. The three volumes that make up Noise in Nonlinear Dynamical Systems comprise a collection of specially written authoritative reviews on all aspects of the subject, representative of all the major practitioners in the field. The second volume applies the theory of Volume 1 to the calculation of the influence of noise in a variety of contexts. These include quantum mechanics, condensed matter, noise induced transitions, escape processes and transition probabilities, systems with periodic potentials, discrete nonlinear systems, symmetry-breaking transition, and optics.

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Book Description

The three volumes that make up Noise in Nonlinear Dynamical Systems comprise a collection of specially written authoritative reviews on all aspects of the subject, representative of all the major practitioners in the field. The second volume applies the theory of Volume 1 to the calculation of the influence of noise in a variety of contexts.

Edition details

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 1989
• ISBN 10: 0521352290
• ISBN 13: 9780521352291
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 416
• Editor: Moss Frank, McClintock P. V. E.