Pattern Formation in Continuous and Coupled Systems
Subtitle: A Survey Volume (The IMA Volumes in Mathematics and its Applications)
Contributors: Martin Golubitsky (Editor); Dan Luss (Editor); Steven H. Strogatz (Editor)
Publisher: Springer
Published: June 22, 1999
Language: eng
Number of pages: 315
ISBN-13: 9780387988740
First sentence: Convection in a thin horizontal layer of a fluid heated from below (Rayleigh-Bénard convection or RBC) has become a paradigm for the study of pattern formation [1].