Synergetics: a Workshop

Proceedings of the International Workshop on Synergetics at Schloss Elmau, Bavaria, May 2-7, 1977

Springer Series in Synergetics, Vol. 2

1977, Springer-Verlag Berlin, ISBN 3-540-08483-5

Editor:

Prof. Dr. Hermann Haken

Institut für Theoretische Physik der Universität Stuttgart

Pfaffenwaldring 57/IV

D-7000 Stuttgart 80, Fed. Rep. of Germany

Contents:

General concepts

H. Haken: Some aspects of synergetics

A. Kastler (Université Paris VI, Laboratoire de Spectroscopie Hertzienne de l’Ecole normale superieure, F-75231 Paris): Radiation and entropy, coherence and negentropy

R. Thom (Institut des Hautes Etudes Scientifiques, F-91440 Bures-surs-Yvette): What is catastrophe theory about?

Bifurcation Theory

K. Kirchgässner (Mathemat. Institut A der Universität Stuttgart, D-7000 Stuttgart): Bifurcation of a continuum of unstable modes

D. Joseph (University of Minnesota, Dept. of Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics, Minneapolis, MN 55455): The bifurcation of T-periodic solutions into nT-periodic solutions and TORI

D.H. Sattinger (University of Minnesota, School of Mathematics, Minneapolis, MN 55455): Cooperative effects in fluid problems

Instabilities in Fluid Dynamics

H.L. Swinney, P.R. Fenstermacher (The City College, The University of New York, Dept. of Physics, New York, NY 10031); J.P. Gollup (Physics Dept., Haverford College, Harverford, PA 19041): Transition to turbulence in a fluid flow

E.L. Koschmieder (College of Engineering, The University of Texas, Austin, TX 78712): Instabilities in fluid dynamics

Instabilities in Astrophysics

R. Kippenhahn (Max-Planck-Institut für Physik und Astrophysik, D-8000 München): Instabilities in stellar evolution

Solitions

R.K. Bullough (University of Manchester, Institute of Science and Technology, Dept. of Math., Manchester M601QD); R.K. Dodd (Dept. of Mathematics, University of Manchester, Manchester M601QD): I. Basic concepts, II. Mathematical structures

Nonequilibrium Phase Transitions in Chemical Reactions

R. Nitzan (Tel-Aviv University, Institute of Chemistry, Tel-Aviv, Israel): Chemical instabilities as critical phenomena

A. Pacault (Centre de Recherche Paul Pascal, F-33405 Talence): Chemical evolution far from equilibrium

G. Czajkowski (Institute of Mathematics and Physics, Technical and Agricultural Academy, 85-084 Bydgoszcz, Poland): Entropy and critical fluctuations in a stochastic model of second order nonequilibrium phase transition

Chemical waves and turbulences

Y. Kuramoto (Institut für theoretische Physik der Universität Stuttgart, D-7000 Stuttgart): Chemical waves and chemical turbulence

O.E. Rössler (Institut für physikalische und theoretische Chemie, D-7400 Tübingen, and Institute for Theoretical Physics, University of Stuttgart, D-7000 Stuttgart): Chemical turbulence – a synopsis

O.E. Rössler: Continuous chaos

Morphogenesis

H. Kuhn (Max-Planck-Institut für biophysikalische Chemie, D-3400 Göttingen-Nikolausberg): Morphogenesis – persistence of organized structures and breakthrough of new structures

H. Meinhardt (Max-Planck-Institut für Virusforschung, Molekularbiologische Abteilung, D-7400 Tübingen): The spatial control of cell differentiation by autocatalysis and lateral inhibition

H.J. Maresquelle (Institut de Botanique, F-67000 Strasbourg): Regelmässig periodische Verteilung im Raum

Biological Systems

J.D. Cowan (Max-Planck-Institut für biophysikalische Chemie, D-3400 Göttingen): Neurosynergetics

H. Fröhlich (University of Liverpool, Dept. of Physics, Liverpool, England): Biological control through long range coherence

General Systems

W. Buckley (University of New Hampshire, College of Liberal Arts, Social Science Center, Durham, NH 03824): Sociocultural systems and the challenge of socio-biology

M. Welge (Universität Köln, Seminar für Allgemeine Betriebswirtschaftslehre und Organisationslehre, D-5000 Köln): Applications of synergy in business administration

F. Fröhlich (Liverpool, England): The linguistic structure of the chromosome genetic code and language