INVESTIGADORES
ROSSO Osvaldo Anibal
libros
Título:
Topics on nonequilibrium statistical mechanics and nonlinear physics (II)
Autor/es:
OSVALDO A. ROSSO; ORAZIO DESCALSI; ALEJANDRO C. FRERY; MARCELO L. LYRA
Editorial:
The Royal Society
Referencias:
Lugar: Londres; Año: 2015 p. 200
ISSN:
978-1-78252-166-2
Resumen:
The research in non-equilibrium statistical mechanics and nonlinear physics is a scientific approach to the investigation of how relationships between parts giverise to the collective behaviour of a system, and how the system interacts and forms relationships with its environment. Such problems are tackled, mostly withnew concepts and tools related to information theory, statistical mechanics and nonlinear dynamics. They aim at representing and understanding the organized albeit unpredictable behaviour of natural systems that are considered intrinsically complex. In fact, the exciting fields of complexity, chaos and nonlinear science have experienced impressive growth in recent decades.Research topics not only include classical problems in statistical mechanics, fluids, pattern formation, chaos and dynamical systems (these have deserved a wealth of attention), but they have also given place to new interdisciplinary fields such as networks, social dynamics, econophysics, theoretical neuroscience and brain dynamics, granular media, biomathematics and data science, among others. The present issue of Philosophical Transactions A, ?Topics on non-equilibrium statistical mechanics and nonlinear physics (II)?, constitutes the continuation of the previous volume that gathered selected, extended and enhanced papers presented at MEDYFINOL 2008. In particular, the contributions to this issue are due to the plenary speakers and a few invited talks, of XVIII MEDYFINOL 2014, that took place in Maceió, Brazil, 13?17 October 2014. MEDYFINOL is a traditional and regular meeting of the statistical and nonlinear physics community in Latin America. The XVIII Conference followed a series of meetings that took place in Argentina, Brazil, Chile and Uruguay. The purposes of the MEDYFINOL meetings are to keep the scientific community updated on new developments and tendencies in the statistical mechanics and nonlinear dynamical fields, to spur collaborative international science programmes, and toidentify and discuss the most relevant advances in the area. The success of the MEDYFINOL meetings can be attributed to the presence of eminent speakers, to the high-quality contributed papers, as well as to the significant participation of students. The current issue gathers the contributions of leading scientists that delineate the state of the art in areas strongly influenced by non-equilibrium statistical mechanics and dynamical systems. The authors have made a special effort in writing high-level papers with an introduction general enough so as to reach a wide audience and introduce people outside their fields to their research.