Digest of the Non Linear Science Network, Volume 07, Number 13 July 15, 2007 Editor: Angel Jorba Topics: Professor in Applied and Computational Mathematics Research positions in Mathematical Physics Book: Dynamical Systems with Applications using Mathematica Contents, Discrete and Continuous Dynamical Systems - Series A 19:2 Contents, Discrete and Continuous Dynamical Systems - Series B 8:3 Contents, Physica D: Nonlinear Phenomena 231:2 Contents, Physica D: Nonlinear Phenomena 232:1 Increased Impact Factor for Nonlinearity 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: Professor in Applied and Computational Mathematics From: Henrik Kalisch Date: Sat, 7 Jul 2007 20:54:01 +0200 (MEST) Dear All, At the University of Bergen there is an opening for an Associate or Full Professor in Applied and Computational Mathematics. We are looking especially for a person with a background in reservoir simulation and flow in porous media. The official job description is available online at http://melding.uib.no/doc/Ledige_stillinger/1181110921.html Since there is no tenure-track system in Norway, associate professor is the most junior permanent position, which could also be suitable for somebody who has completed a few years of a postdoctoral position. A successful applicant will be required to learn Norwegian within two years. Please spread the word. Maybe you all know some people who might be interested. Best wishes, Henrik. ------ Subject: Research positions in Mathematical Physics From: Sara Costa Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2007 12:25:50 +0200 *5-year research positions in Mathematical Physics* *Faculty of Sciences of the University of Porto* JOB SUMMARY The Faculty of Sciences of the University of Porto invites applications for three 5-year research positions in Mathematical Physics. The successful candidates will develop their research activities at the Center of Mathematics of the University of Porto or at the Porto Physics Center, and will participate in the Physics and Mathematics graduate programs. JOB DESCRIPTION The research positions are aimed at developing research in Mathematical Physics at the Faculty of Sciences of the University of Porto. The appointments will be made for up to five years, renewed yearly. The positions will be held at the Center of Mathematics of the University of Porto (CMUP) or at the Porto Physics Center (CFP). The web pages of the research centers are, respectively, http://www.fc.up.pt/cmup/ and http://www.fc.up.pt/cfp/ The researchers should have a strong interdisciplinary background with interests in both Physics and Mathematics. They are expected to develop research within the areas of interest of the existing research groups in Gravitational Physics (String theory and Cosmology) at CFP or in Geometry (Symplectic and Differential Geometry and Geometric Aspects of Differential Equations) at CMUP. However, applications are also encouraged from excellent candidates from other related research areas. In addition to their research work, the successful candidates are expected to: Actively participate in the CFP and CMUP seminars, promoting a regular joint seminar between both units, organizing advanced lecture series on themes in Mathematical Physics and participating in the organization of national and international conferences. Supervise PhD and Master thesis students, as well as lecturing on the Mathematical Physics tracks of the Mathematics and Physics Master degree programs. Collaborate with the Physics and Mathematics departments and research units in the ongoing activities to promote the public awareness of science. APPLICATIONS Candidates must have a solid background in Theoretical Physics or in Mathematics, with a research experience of at least 3 years after their PhD degree. In support of their application candidates must submit: Curriculum Vitae. A 5-year Research Proposal (maximum 2 A4 pages), emphasizing their own research objectives and their contribution to the development of Mathematical Physics at CFP and CMUP. 2 letters of recommendation. The applications must be sent, no later than the 30 of August 2007, to the address: Miguel Sousa de Costa Departamento de Fisica Faculdade de Ciencias da Universidade do Porto Rua do Campo Alegre, 687 4169-007 Porto Portugal Electronic copies of all documents (except the letters of recommendation) should be sent by e-mail to jntavar@fc.up.pt (CMUP) and to miguelc@fc.up.pt (CFP). Potential candidates may also use these emails for additional questions. ------ Subject: Book: Dynamical Systems with Applications using Mathematica From: Regina Gorenshteyn Date: Mon, 02 Jul 2007 11:42:14 -0400 Dynamical Systems with Applications using Mathematica Stephen Lynch, Manchester Metropolital University, Manchester, UK September 2007 / Approx. 532 pp. / 194 illus. / Softcover / $59.95 / ISBN: 978-0-8176-4482-6 / Birkhaeuser This book provides an introduction to the theory of dynamical systems with the aid of the Mathematica computer algebra package. The book has a very hands-on approach and takes the reader from basic theory to recently published research material. Emphasized throughout are numerous applications to biology, chemical kinetics, economics, electronics, epidemiology, nonlinear optics, mechanics, population dynamics, and neural networks. The book is intended for senior undergraduate and graduate students as well as working scientists in applied mathematics, the natural sciences, and engineering. Many chapters of the book are especially useful as reference material for senior undergraduate independent project work. Working Mathematica notebooks will be available at http://library.wolfram.com/infocenter/Books/AppliedMathematics/ Table of Contents: Preface * A Tutorial Introduction to Mathematica * Differential Equations * Planar Systems * Interacting Species * Limit Cycles * Hamiltonian Systems, Lyapunov Functions, and Stability * Bifurcation Theory * Three-Dimensional Autonomous Systems and Chaos * Poincare Maps and Nonautonomous Systems in the Plane * Local and Global Bifurcations * The Second Part of David Hilbert's Sixteenth Problem * Linear Discrete Dynamical Systems * Nonlinear Discrete Dynamical Systems * Complex Iterative Maps * Electromagnetic Waves and Optical Resonators * Fractals and Multifractals * Chaos Control and Synchronization * Neural Networks * Examination-Type Questions * Solutions to Exercises * References * Mathematica Program Index * Index For a full description of the book and ordering information, please visit: http://www.springeronline.com/978-0-8176-4482-6 Also by Lynch: Dynamical Systems with Applications using MATLAB: http://www.springeronline.com/978-0-8176-4321-8 Dynamical Systems with Applications using Maple: http://www.springeronline.com/978-0-8176-4150-4 ------ Subject: Contents, Discrete and Continuous Dynamical Systems - Series A 19:2 From: Zemin Zeng Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2007 14:29:03 -0400 Discrete and Continuous Dynamical Systems - Series A (DCDS-A) Volume: 19, Number: 2, October 2007 Special Issue on Variational Problems and Applications http://www.aimsciences.org/journals/dcdsA/online.jsp Table of Contents: Guest Editors Pages : i - iv Preface A. V. Borisov, I. S. Mamaev and S. M. Ramodanov Pages : 235 - 253 Dynamics of two interacting circular cylinders in perfect fluid Jaeyoung Byeon and Louis Jeanjean Pages : 255 - 269 Multi-peak standing waves for nonlinear Schrodinger equations with a general nonlinearity Yihong Du, Zongming Guo and Feng Zhou Pages : 271 - 298 Boundary blow-up solutions with interior layers and spikes in a bistable problem Marta Garcia-Huidobro, Raul Manasevich and James R. Ward Pages : 299 - 321 Vector p-Laplacian like operators, pseudo-eigenvalues, and bifurcation Satoshi Hashimoto and Mitsuharu Otani Pages : 323 - 333 Existence of nontrivial solutions for some elliptic equations with supercritical nonlinearity in exterior domains Masahiro Kubo and Noriaki Yamazaki Pages : 335 - 359 Elliptic-parabolic variational inequalities with time-dependent constraints Chjan C. Lim Pages : 361 - 386 Extremal free energy in a simple mean field theory for a coupled Barotropic fluid - rotating sphere system Chang-Shou Lin Pages : 387 - 410 An expository survey on the recent development of mean field equations Paul K. Newton Pages : 411 - 418 N-vortex equilibrium theory A. Pankov Pages : 419 - 430 Gap solitons in periodic discrete nonlinear Schrodinger equations II: a generalized Nehari manifold approach Jiabao Su and Zhaoli Liu Pages : 431 - 445 A bounded resonance problem for semilinear elliptic equations Hwai-chiuan Wang Pages : 447 - 467 On domains and their indexes with applications to semilinear elliptic equations ------ Subject: Contents, Discrete and Continuous Dynamical Systems - Series B 8:3 From: Zemin Zeng Date: Thu, 5 Jul 2007 15:44:39 -0400 Discrete and Continuous Dynamical Systems - Series B (DCDS-B) Volume: 8, Number: 3, October 2007 http://www.aimsciences.org/journals/dcdsB/dcdsb_online.jsp Table of Contents: Guest Editors Pages : i - i Preface Xu Chen and Jianping Wan Pages : 529 - 537 Integro-differential equations for foreign currency option prices in exponential Levy models Qiang Du, Manlin Li and Chun Liu Pages : 539 - 556 Analysis of a phase field Navier-Stokes vesicle-fluid interaction model Ji Gao Pages : 557 - 567 On the generalized pythagorean parameters and the applications in Banach spaces Max Gunzburger, Sung-Dae Yang and Wenxiang Zhu Pages : 569 - 587 Analysis and discretization of an optimal control problem for the forced Fisher equation Qi Gong, I. Michael Ross and Wei Kang Pages : 589 - 611 A pseudospectral observer for nonlinear systems Eunice Mureithi Pages : 613 - 622 Effects of buoyancy on the lower branch modes on a Blasius boundary layer Benjamin Wincure and Alejandro D. Rey Pages : 623 - 648 Growth regimes in phase ordering transformations Rolf Ryham, Chun Liu and Ludmil Zikatanov Pages : 649 - 661 Mathematical models for the deformation of electrolyte droplets Jie Shen and Xiaofeng Yang Pages : 663 - 676 Error estimates for finite element approximations of consistent splitting schemes for incompressible flows Yinhua Xia, Yan Xu and Chi-Wang Shu Pages : 677 - 693 Efficient time discretization for local discontinuous Galerkin methods Yong Hong Wu and B. Wiwatanapataphee Pages : 695 - 706 Modelling of turbulent flow and multi-phase heat transfer under electromagnetic force Hong Zhou, M. Gregory Forest and Qi Wang Pages : 707 - 733 Anchoring-induced texture & shear banding of nematic polymers in shear cells ------ Subject: Contents, Physica D: Nonlinear Phenomena 231:2 From: ScienceDirect Message Center Date: Wed, 4 Jul 2007 03:47:59 -0400 * Physica D: Nonlinear Phenomena Volume 231, Issue 2, Pages 87-180 (15 July 2007) http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/issue/5537-2007-997689997-661645 1) Editorial Board Page ii 2) Pragmatical generalized synchronization of chaotic systems with uncertain parameters by adaptive control Pages 87-94 Zheng-Ming Ge and Cheng-Hsiung Yang 3) Identifying stochastic basin hopping by partitioning with graph modularity Pages 95-107 N. Santitissadeekorn and E.M. Bollt 4) Algorithms for generating surrogate data for sparsely quantized time series Pages 108-115 Tomoya Suzuki, Tohru Ikeguchi and Masuo Suzuki 5) Spatio-temporal dynamics in simple asymmetric hypercycles under weak parasitic coupling Pages 116-129 Josep Sardanyes and Ricard V. Sole 6) Controlling chaos and deterministic directed transport in inertia ratchets using backstepping control Pages 130-136 Uchechukwu E. Vincent, Abdulahi N. Njah and John A. Laoye 7) Topological permutation entropy Pages 137-142 Jose M. Amigo and Matthew B. Kennel 8) Stirring up trouble: Multi-scale mixing measures for steady scalar sources Pages 143-164 Tiffany A. Shaw, Jean-Luc Thiffeault and Charles R. Doering 9) Asymptotic analysis of combined breather-kink modes in a Fermi-Pasta-Ulam chain Pages 165-179 Imran A. Butt and Jonathan A.D. Wattis ------ Subject: Contents, Physica D: Nonlinear Phenomena 232:1 From: ScienceDirect Message Center Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2007 04:22:35 -0400 * Physica D: Nonlinear Phenomena Volume 232, Issue 1, Pages 1-86 (1 August 2007) http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/issue/5537-2007-997679998-662428 1) Editorial Board Page ii 2) Dynamic instabilities in scalar neural field equations with space-dependent delays Pages 1-15 N.A. Venkov, S. Coombes and P.C. Matthews 3) Geometric effects on surface roughness in precipitation Pages 16-21 S. Agarwal, L.E. Johns and R. Narayanan 4) Newtonian dynamics in the plane corresponding to straight and cyclic motions on the hyperelliptic curve ????: Ergodicity, isochrony and fractals Pages 22-32 P.G. Grinevich and P.M. Santini 5) State transitions and the continuum limit for a 2D interacting, self-propelled particle system Pages 33-47 Yao-li Chuang, Maria R. D'Orsogna, Daniel Marthaler, Andrea L. Bertozzi and Lincoln S. Chayes 6) Multifrequency radiation force of acoustic waves in fluids Pages 48-53 Glauber T. Silva, Matthew W. Urban and Mostafa Fatemi 7) Modulational instability and discrete breathers in the discrete cubic-quintic+nonlinear Schrodinger equation Pages 54-61 F.Kh. Abdullaev, A. Bouketir, A. Messikh and B.A. Umarov 8) Pulses in a complex Ginzburg-Landau system: Persistence under coupling with slow diffusion Pages 62-85 Geertje Hek and Nienke Valkhoff ------ Subject: Increased Impact Factor for Nonlinearity From: Kate Watt Date: Mon, 2 Jul 2007 11:30:34 +0100 We are pleased to report that, on the release of ISI's 2006 Journal Citation Reports, Nonlinearity's impact factor has increased to 1.288. For further reasons to publish with us, please visit our author benefits page at http://herald.iop.org/NONbenefitNLSNet/m13/cid//link/823. Best wishes Kate Watt Publisher, Nonlinearity IOP Publishing