Pattern formation in complex systems (6 ECTS)

Course: April-June 2010 

Teacher: dr. Rinke J. Wijngaarden

Department of Physics and Astronomy, VU University, Amsterdam

In the academic year 2010/2011 lectures will not be given.

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GENERAL

• Student manual (studiewijzer)
  Page 3 of the student manual contains further information on the purpose and content of this course. Also remarks on the recommended literature and the examination may be found there.

• Scheme of this course

• About the exam

 HANDOUTS

• Sheets1 (introduction)
• Sheets2 (diffusion and 0-dimensional patterns)
• Sheets3 (rough interfaces and exponents)
• Sheets4 (numerical deposition models)
• Sheets 5 (differential equations: EW, KPZ)
• Sheets6 (DDA, DLA)
• Sheets7 (Scaling, Powerlaws)
• Sheets8 (Biological patterns 1)
• Sheets9 (Biological patterns 2)
• Sheets10 (Chemical patterns)
• Sheets11 (Patterns in liquid flow)
• Sheets12 (Solidification)
• Sheets13 (Rivers)
• Sheets14 (Granular Matter)
• Sheets15 (Self-Organized Criticality)
• Sheets 15A (Avalanches in superconductors)
• Sheets16 (Social patterns)
• Sheets17 (concluding remarks)
  

PAPERS USED IN THE COURSE

• Koch and Meinhardt
• Cross and Hohenberg
• Langer

SAMPLE EXAMINATION

• Examination of 16 June 2006

DEMO’S

• DLA applet
• Growing crystal movie
• Phyllotaxis demo (MS-DOS program)