ISBN-13: 9789810238285 / Angielski / Twarda / 2000 / 420 str.
This invaluable book presents the state-of-the-art in equivariant bifurcation and dynamical systems theory, with a special emphasis on the computational aspects, PDE's and applications. This theory provides powerful tools for the analysis of spontaneous symmetry-breaking phenomena, in space as well as in time. Examples of applications from various areas of science are provided and analyzed.