Kurzbeschreibung Mathematische Verfahren zur Behandlung nichtlinearer Wellen und singuläre Störungsmethoden erläutert dieser Band auf einem Niveau, das für Interessenten aus allen naturwissenschaftlich-technischen Bereichen geeignet ist.
Aus dem Inhalt 1. Introduction 2. Ordinary Differential Equations and Asymptotic Methods 3. Excitable Media 1: Pulses, Fronts, Wave Trains in Continuous Media 4. Excitable Media 2: Discrete Systems 5. Electronic Transport in Condensed Matter: From Quantum Kinetics to Drift-Diffusion Models 6. Bulk Semiconductor Systems: The Gunn Effect 7. Bulk Semiconductor Systems: The Case of Field-Dependent Trapping 8. Semiconductor Superlattices 9. Application to other Systems and the Road ahead Appendix A: Review of Basic Concepts of Solid State Physics Appendix B: Detailed Arguments to go from Quantum Kinetic Equations to Boltzmann Transport Appendix C: Details and Examples of Numerical Methods employed for Simulation Appendix D: Glossary of Terms