Nonlinear Structures in Physical Systems

The Second Woodward Conference, held in November 1989 at San Jose State University, brought together pioneers and experts from a number of different disciplines to discuss problems involving nonlinear structures in physical systems, with emphasis on pattern formation, chaos and waves. These proceedings contain results of interest to workers in physics, chemistry, biology, materials science and mathematics. Topics covered include the pattern formation of bubbles, viscous fingers, electrodeposits, solidifications, chemical systems and frustrated systems. The conference also assessed chaos theories, self-organized critically and complex systems, convection and travelling waves in simple and complex liquids, nonlinear structures in materials such as magnetic systems, polymers, fluid dispersions, and glassy and solid thin films. Other nonlinear structures in plasmas are also discussed.