Nonequilibrium Systems

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Department of Physics

Synopsis:

The study of instabilities in physics enables a unified description and understanding of many processes and effects in physical, chemical and living systems. The course focuses on the mathematical desription methods and on processes of selforganization in systems like the laser, morphogenesis (chemical reactions), changes in societies.

Requirements:

theoretical physics, thermodynamics, statistical physics

02TEF1, 02TEF2, 02TSFA

Syllabus of lectures:

1.Mathematical description of instabilities I

2.Mathematical description of instabilities II

3.Laser theory I

4.Laser theory II

5.Selforganization in chemistry

6.Morphogenesis

7.Dynamics of sociological systems

8.Stochastic processes

9.Instabilities in economy I

10.Instabilities in economy II

11.Selforganization in cosmology

12.Chaotic dynamics

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Study Objective:

knowledge: learn basic concepts of complex systems

abilities: analyze simple non-linear systems

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Key references:

[1] H. Haken, Synergetics, Springer, Berlin, 1970

Recommended references:

[1] W. Ebeling, R. Feistel, Physics of Selforganization,

Akademie Verlag, Berlin 1986 (in german)

[2] L. J. Krempaský, Synergetics, Vydavatelstvo SAV, Bratislava 1988 (in slovak)

[3] G. Nicolis, C. Nicolis, Foundations of complex systems, World Scientific, 2007

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No time-table has been prepared for this course

The course is a part of the following study plans: