Digest of the Non Linear Science Network, Volume 03, Number 01 January 15, 2003 Today's editor: Angel Jorba Today's topics: About NLS-NET Summer School, Nonlinear Phenomena in Computational Chemical Physics IFAC Workshop on Time-Delay Systems - Call for Papers Conference, MATHTOOLS'2003 Contents, Physica D: Nonlinear Phenomena, 175:3-4 Contents, Physica D: Nonlinear Phenomena, 176:1-2 Contents, Int. J. of Bifurcation and Chaos, 12:11 Submissions to nls-net must be addressed to: Comments and suggestions are also welcome. General information about nls-net can be found at: http://www.maia.ub.es/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nls-net/ This is a service created and maintained in collaboration with the American Institute of Mathematical Sciences (AIMS) http://www.aimsciences.org/ ------ Subject: About NLS-NET From: Angel Jorba Date: Fri, 3 Jan 2003 13:04:37 +0100 Dear colleagues, We have changed the numbering of the volumes of nls-net, to make them coincide with the two last digits of the year. Best wishes, Angel Jorba. ------ Subject: Summer School, Nonlinear Phenomena in Computational Chemical Physics From: Angel Jorba Date: Fri, 3 Jan 2003 13:05:42 +0100 Summer School on NONLINEAR PHENOMENA IN COMPUTATIONAL CHEMICAL PHYSICS Barcelona, June 9-14, 2003 http://www.imub.ub.es/cochem/ The Institute of Mathematics of the University of Barcelona (IMUB) organizes a summer school on nonlinear phenomena in computational chemical physics. The course is addressed to graduate and postgraduate students, and young researchers with an interest in computational chemistry and applied dynamical systems. The school consists of 8 main courses of 3 hours each, plus several short seminars. The seminars are more specialized lectures given by some of the participants. The main courses are: F. Borondo, Universidad Autonoma de Madrid (Spain) Quantum dynamics and spectroscopy in chaotic molecular systems A. Jorba, Universitat de Barcelona (Spain) Numerical methods for invariant tori M. Joyeux, Universite Joseph Fourier (France) Vibrational dynamics, integrable models and canonical perturbation theory J. Laskar, Bureau des Longitudes (France) Frequency map analysis and applications R. de la Llave, University of Texas at Austin (U.S.A.) Semiclassical methods in quantum mechanics W. P. Reinhardt, University of Washington (U.S.A.) Nonlinear phenomena in Bose-Einstein condensates C. Simo, Universitat de Barcelona (Spain) Regular and chaotic dynamics: phenomenology, tools and structure T. Uzer, Georgia Tech (U.S.A.) Phase space structures and chemical reactivity For more details, visit http://www.imub.ub.es/cochem/ ------ Subject: IFAC Workshop on Time-Delay Systems - Call for Papers From: tds03@inria.fr Date: Thu, 19 Dec 2002 14:54:36 +0100 ***************************************************************** CALL FOR PAPERS IFAC Workshop on Time-Delay Systems INRIA, Rocquencourt, France September 8-10, 2003 Submission deadline: March 30, 2003 Notification of acceptance: June 15, 2003 Final manuscripts: July 20, 2003 For informations: http://www.inria.fr/tds03.html Contacts: tds03@inria.fr ***************************************************************** Dear Colleague, On behalf of the Organizing Committee, we are pleased to invite you to participate to the IFAC WORKSHOP ON TIME-DELAY SYSTEMS, which will be held from September 8 to September 10, 2003, at INRIA center, Rocquencourt, France, 20km from Paris. This event is the 4th in a series of workshops sponsored by IFAC, which occurred in Grenoble, France (1998), Ancona, Italy (2000) and Santa Fe, USA (2001). You can get more details in the web site http://www.inria.fr/tds03.html We are looking forward to meeting you at TDS '03 workshop, in Rocquencourt. Sincerely yours, Pierre-Alexandre Bliman (INRIA), Chair of National Organizing Committee Germain Garcia (LAAS, CNRS), Program Editor Sophie Tarbouriech (LAAS, CNRS), Chair of International Program Committee ------ Subject: MathTools2003 From: mt2003 Date: Fri, 10 Jan 2003 15:29:08 +0300 MATHTOOLS'2003 Fourth International Conference "TOOLS FOR MATHEMATICAL MODELLING" in honour of 300-anniversary of Saint-Petersburg State Polytechnic University, Saint-Petersburg, Russia June 23-28, 2003 ============================================================================= SECOND ANNOUNCMENT ============================================================================= ORGANIZERS: St. Petersburg State University, St. Petersburg University of Airspace Instrumentation, Institute for Informatics, Ioffe Physical-Technical Institute, Institute of Mechanical Engineering Problems, St. Petersburg Mathematical Society, Pavlov Institute of Physiology, Editorial Board of the Electronic Journal "Differential Equations and Control Processes". LOCAL ORGANIZER: Department of Mathematics and Laboratory "Nonlinear Analysis and Mathematical Modeling" of St. Petersburg State Polytechnic University, CONFERENCE CHAIR: George Osipenko (math@math.hop.stu.neva.ru) SUPPORT: UNESCO, Regional Bureau for Science in Europe (ROSTE) and EMS - European Mathematical Society announce the support of MATHTOOLS2003. Organizing Committee accepts the application for support of young participants from Central and East European countries. TOPICS OF INTEREST: A list of possible topics includes (but is not limited to) the following: mathematical modeling, fuzzy theory, control theory, mathematical physics, computer algebra, computer simulation, design techniques, numerical methods, parallel and distributed algorithms, computer modeling in dynamical systems, mathematical models in biology, medicine etc., applications to physics, mechanics, electrotechnics and electronics, dynamic economic models, general macro-economic models, market models, tools for mathematical education. SPECIAL SESSIONS: 1. Control of Oscillations and Chaos, chair - A.L.Fradkov 2. Mathematical Tools for Decision Making, chair - V.D.Nogin 3. Modeling in Biophysics, chair - B.V.Krylov 4. Problems of Mathematical Modeling in Control and Estimation Theory chair - F.L. Pereira and T.F. Filippova 5. Mathematical Modeling in Economics, chair - T.F. Filippova and O.I. Nikonov 6. Computer Tools for Dynamical Systems, chair - G.S.Osipenko 7. Modeling in Physics Processes, chair - V.M. Chistyakov 8. Group Analysis, chair - V.F. Zaitsev WORKING LANGUAGES: English and Russian. CONTACT: Lidiya Linchuk MATHTOOLS'2003, Dept. of Mathematics St. Petersburg State Polytechnic University Main building, office 125 Polytechnicheskaya st., 29 St. Petersburg, 195251, Russia Fax: +7+812+5527770. E-mail: lidiya_linchuk@mail.ru, mt2003@osipenko.stu.neva.ru ------ Subject: Contents, Physica D: Nonlinear Phenomena, 175:3-4 From: cdmailer@elsevier.co.uk Date: Thu, 2 Jan 2003 17:01:10 GMT For more information about this journal visit http://www.elsevier.com/locate/jnlnr/05224 Cylindrical solitary pulses in a two-dimensional stabilized Kuramoto-Sivashinsky system B.-F. Feng, B.A. Malomed, T. Kawahara pp 127-138 Dispersive and friction-induced stabilization of the Cahn-Hilliard inverse cascade B. Legras, B. Villone pp 139-166 The reflection-antisymmetric counterpart of the Karman-Howarth dynamical equation S. Kurien pp 167-176 Two integrable differential-difference equations derived from the discrete BKP equation and their related equations C.R. Gilson, X.-B. Hu, W.-X. Ma, H.-W. Tam pp 177-184 The Eckhaus and zigzag instability criteria in gradient/skew-gradient dissipative systems M. Kuwamura, E. Yanagida pp 185-195 Instability and localisation of patterns due to a conserved quantity S.M. Cox, P.C. Matthews pp 196-219 Stability of the solitons for the one-dimensional Zakharov-Rubenchik equation F. Oliveira pp 220-240 On the foundations of vision modeling - I. Weber's law and Weberized TV restoration J. Shen pp 241-251 Cumulative author index of volumes 171-175 pp 252 Index of authors and papers to volume 175 pp 253-254 ------ Subject: Contents, Physica D: Nonlinear Phenomena, 176:1-2 From: cdmailer@elsevier.co.uk Date: Thu, 9 Jan 2003 11:50:23 GMT Adaptive detection of instabilities: an experimental feasibility study R. Rico-Martnez, K. Krischer, G. Flatgen, J.S. Anderson, I.G. Kevrekidis pp 1-18 Geometry and boundary control of pattern formation and competition S. Guan, C.-H. Lai, G.W. Wei pp 19-43 Exact soliton solutions of the one-dimensional complex Swift-Hohenberg equation K.-i. Maruno, A. Ankiewicz, N. Akhmediev pp 44-66 The structure of flame filaments in chaotic flows I.Z. Kiss, J.H. Merkin, S.K. Scott, P.L. Simon, S. Kalliadasis, Z. Neufeld pp 67-81 Weak finite-time Melnikov theory and 3D viscous perturbations of Euler flows S. Balasuriya, I. Mezic, C.K.R.T. Jones pp 82-106 Induced defect nucleation and side-band instabilities in hexagons with rotation and mean flow Y.-N. Young, H. Riecke pp 107-124 ------ Subject: Contents, Int. J. of Bifurcation and Chaos, 12:11 From: Maria Jesus Martin Date: Tue, 14 Jan 2003 14:33:41 +0100 INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIFURCATION AND CHAOS Volume 12 - Number 11 - November 2002 dedicated to Prof. Manuel G. Velarde on his 60th birthday. CONTENTS: Editorial 2305 Tutorials and Reviews: Diffusive Instabilities and Chemical Reactions P. Borckmans, G. Dewel, A. De Wit, E. Dulos, J. Boissonade, F. Gauffre and P. De Kepper 2307 Some Qualitative Dynamics of Nonlinear Boundary Conditions A. Rodriguez-Bernal 2333 Some Spatio-Temporal Models in Immunology L. A. Segel 2343 Papers: Decay of Coherence of a Dilute Bose-Einstein Condensate Y. Pomeau 2349 Coherent Motions and Clusters in a Dissipative Morse Ring Chain J. Dunkel, W. Ebeling, U. Erdmann and V. A. Makarov 2359 Exact Formula for the Mean Length of a Random Walk on the Sierpinski Tower J. J. Kozak and V. Balakrishnan 2379 Short-Wave Asymptotics of the Information Entropy of a Circular Membrane J. S. Dehesa, A. Martinez-Finkelshtein and V. N. Sorokin 2387 Temporal Evolutions and Stationary Waves for Perturbed KdV Equation with Nonlocal Term B.-F. Feng and T. Kawahara 2393 Interaction of a Solitary Wave with an External Force in the Extended Korteweg-de Vries Equation R. Grimshaw and E. Pelinovsky 2409 Autowaves and Solitons in a Three-Component Reaction-Diffusion System V. I. Nekorkin and V. B. Kazantsev 2421 Dissipative Quasi-Particles: The Generalized Wave Equation Approach C. I. Christov 2435 Localized Patterns and Fronts in Nonequilibrium Systems P. Coullet 2445 Stationary Localized Solutions in the Subcritical Complex Ginzburg-Landau Equation O. Descalzi, M. Argentina and E. Tirapegui 2459 New Method for the Estimation of Domains of Attraction of Fixed Points from Lyapunov Functions R. Diaz-Sierra and V. Fairen 2467 Analytics of Homoclinic Bifurcations in Three-Dimensional Systems M. Belhaq and F. Lakrad 2479 Nonpotential Effects in Nonlinear Dynamics of Marangoni Convection A. A. Golovin, A. A. Nepomnyashchy and L. M. Pismen 2487 Robust Heteroclinic Cycles in Two-Dimensional Rayleigh-Benard Convection without Boussinesq Symmetry I. Mercader, J. Prat and E. Knobloch 2501 Chaotic Electroconvection in a Layer of Dielectric Liquid Subjected to Unipolar Injection: Maximal Lyapunov Exponents A. Castellanos, A. T. Perez and R. Chicon 2523 Self-Sustained Mean Streaming Motion in Diamond Patterns of a Gaseous Detonation P. Clavin 2535 Structure of a Flame Front Propagating Against the Flow Near a Cold Wall V. N. Kurdyumov and A. Li{\~n}an 2547 Irreversible Thermodynamics of a Simple Atmospheric Flow Model C. Nicolis 2557 The Physics of Cavity Solitons in Semiconductor Microcavities L. A. Lugiato, L. Spinelli, G. Tissoni, M. Brambilla, T. Maggipinto and I. M. Perrini 2567 Pattern Dynamics of a Multi-Component Reaction-Diffusion System: Differentiation of Replicating Spots H. Takagi and K. Kaneko 2579 Delayed Response in Tracer Experiments and Fragment-Carrier Approach to Transit Time Distributions in Nonlinear Chemical Kinetics M. O. Vlad, J. Ross, F. Moran and Y. Rodriguez 2599 Phase-Locking in a General Class of Integrate and Fire Models H. Haken 2619 "Spatial-Temporal" Patterns in Prokaryote Genomes B. Hao 2625 Stochastic Resonance in Alpha Oscillators in the Human Brain T. Mori and S. Kai 2631 Clustering and Synchronization in a One-Dimensional Model for the CA3 Region of the Hippocampus N. Montejo, M. N. Lorenzo, V. Perez-Mu{\~n}uzuri and V. Perez-Villar 2641