Front Cover; Nonlinear Phenomena in Fluids, Solids and other Complex Systems; Copyright Page; Preface; Committees; Table of Contents; Part 1: Fluids; Chapter 1. Thermal Turbulence; 1. Introduction; 2. The Mathematical Problem; 3. Scaling; 4. Analysis of the He Gas Experiments; 5. Visualization of the Water Experiment; 6. The Visualization; Acknowledgements; References; Chapter 2. Scaling and Multiscaling (Fractals and Multifractals); 1. Introduction: Simple Scaling; 2. Some Theory; 3. Specific Examples; Acknowledgement; Chapter 3. Weakly Nonlinear Interactions in Fluid Dynamics.

1 Introduction2 Generation of Sound by Vorticity; 3 Scattering of Sound by Vorticity; 4 Effects of Compressibility on Vortex Dynamics; 5 Interaction with Temperature Inhomogeneities; Acknowledgments; References; Chapter 4. Interface Instabilities in Liquid Crystals; 1. The Mullins-Sekerka Instability; 2. The Nematic-Isotropic Interface; Acknowledgments; References; Chapter 5. Critical Perturbation of Xe Dynamics at High Pressure; 1. Introduction; 2 . Hydrodynamic Theory And Data for Numerical Simulations; 3 . Experimental Setup; 4 . Results And Discussion.; References.

Chapter 6. Almost Integrable Magnetic Fields in Tokamaks*1. Introduction; 2. MHD Equlibrium; 3. Resonant Helical Perturbations; 4. Almost Integrable Fields; 5. Onset Of Chaos; 6. Conclusion; References; Part 2: CELLULAR AUTOMATA AND NEURAL NETWORKS; Chapter 7. On Studying the Brain as an Adaptive Disordered System; 1. The Brain As A Disordered System. The Use of Statistical Methods; 2. A Simple Model; Acknowledgments; References; Chapter 8. RS Model for Neural Networks; 1. Introduction; 2. The Hopfield Model; 3. The Rs-Model; 4. Mean-Field Calculation; 5. Conclusion; References.

Chapter 9. The Efficiency of High Order Neural Networks1. Introduction; 2. Networks with Energy Function of Order n; 3. Numerical Calculations; 4. Conclusion; Acknowledgments; References; Chapter 10. Study of a Slowly Cooled SK Spin Glass; 1. Introduction; 2. Dynamic Mean Field Theory And Adiabatic Limit; 3. Adiabatic Cooling In Zero Field And Finite External Fields; 4. Parisi-Sompolinsky Solution; 5. Discussion; References; Chapter 11. Zeros of the Partition Function in the REM Model; 1. Introduction; 2. Definition of the Model; 3 .Gaussian (REM) Limit Of Drem; 4. Numerical Method.

4 .Numerical Results5. Conclusion; References; Chapter 12. One-Dimensional Sand Piles, Cellular Automata and Related Models; 1. Introduction; 2. Sand -- Pile Automata; 3. The ICE-PILE Model; 3. The Reflection Automata; 4. Conclusion; Acknowledgments; References; Chapter 13. Fracture Propagation: From Time to Ensemble Averages and Back Again; 1. Introduction; 2. Time Dependent Approach; 3. Ensemble Approach; 4. Discussion; Acknowledgments; References; Chapter 14. Numerical Study of a Generalized Domany-Kinzel Probabilistic One-dimensional Cellular Automaton; 1. Introduction.