Pattern Formation and Dynamics in Nonequilibrium Systems

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Lecture: (18.04.2023 until 18.07.2023)

• Tuesday 14:00-16:00 in PH 1121

Exercise:

• Tuesday 16:00-17:00 in PH 1121

Preliminary Content:

• Linear stability analysis, including Turing instability and chemical systems.
• Nonlinear States: Spatial periodicity, nonlinear oscillations, and waves.
• Exemplary models of pattern formation.
• Stationary patterns: Amplitude equations in 2 dimensional systems, defects and fronts, patterns far from threshold.
• Dynamical phenomena: Oscillatory patterns and excitable media.
• Numerical methods for the study of pattern-forming systems.

 

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