The European Physical Journal Special Topics

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Editorial

Chaos and nonlinear dynamics: Advances and perspectives p. 1

G. Károlyi, A. de Moura, M. C. Romano, M. Thiel and J. Kurths

Published online: 11 December 2008

DOI: 10.1140/epjst/e2008-00843-3

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Detecting chaos, determining the dimensions of tori and predicting slow diffusion in Fermi–Pasta–Ulam lattices by the Generalized Alignment Index method p. 5

C. Skokos, T. Bountis and C. Antonopoulos

Published online: 11 December 2008

DOI: 10.1140/epjst/e2008-00844-2

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Embedding in higher dimensions causes ambiguity in determining equations from data - Embedding in higher dimensions p. 15

P. G. Vaidya and S. Majumder

Published online: 11 December 2008

DOI: 10.1140/epjst/e2008-00845-1

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Multivariate analysis of dynamical processes - Point processes and time series p. 25

K. Henschel, B. Hellwig, F. Amtage, J. Vesper, M. Jachan, C. H. Lücking, J. Timmer and B. Schelter

Published online: 11 December 2008

DOI: 10.1140/epjst/e2008-00846-0

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Regime prediction and predictability in nonlinear dynamical systems p. 35

F. Kwasniok

Published online: 11 December 2008

DOI: 10.1140/epjst/e2008-00847-y

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Chaotic orbits prediction and atypical bifurcations in a class of piece-wise linear noninvertible maps p. 45

I. Taralova

Published online: 11 December 2008

DOI: 10.1140/epjst/e2008-00848-x

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Dynamical systems generated by two alternating vector fields p. 61

P. Pokorny and A. Klic

Published online: 11 December 2008

DOI: 10.1140/epjst/e2008-00849-9

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Increasing average period lengths by switching of robust chaos maps in finite precision p. 73

N. Nagaraj, M. C. Shastry and P. G. Vaidya

Published online: 11 December 2008

DOI: 10.1140/epjst/e2008-00850-4

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Determination of large deviation statistical structure functions p. 85

M. U. Kobayashi

Published online: 11 December 2008

DOI: 10.1140/epjst/e2008-00851-3

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The scar mechanism revisited p. 93

F. Borondo, D. A. Wisniacki, E. G. Vergini and R. M. Benito

Published online: 11 December 2008

DOI: 10.1140/epjst/e2008-00852-2

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A linear path toward synchronization - Anomalous scaling in a new class of exactly solvable Kuramoto models p. 103

D. C. Roberts and R. Teodorescu

Published online: 11 December 2008

DOI: 10.1140/epjst/e2008-00853-1

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Time shifting chaotic signals using synchronization p. 111

J. N. Blakely and N. J. Corron

Published online: 11 December 2008

DOI: 10.1140/epjst/e2008-00854-0

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Transmission of information and synchronization in a pair of coupled chaotic circuits: An experimental overview p. 119

M. S. Baptista, S. P. Garcia, S. K. Dana and J. Kurths

Published online: 11 December 2008

DOI: 10.1140/epjst/e2008-00855-y

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Synchronization of neurons in micro-electrode array cultures p. 129

F. Esposti and M. G. Signorini

Published online: 11 December 2008

DOI: 10.1140/epjst/e2008-00856-x

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Phase clustering in globally coupled photochemical oscillators p. 137

A. F. Taylor, P. Kapetanopoulos, B. J. Whitaker, R. Toth, L. Bull and M. R. Tinsley

Published online: 11 December 2008

DOI: 10.1140/epjst/e2008-00857-9

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An analysis of a two cylinder-fluid interaction at critical gap spacing by a cell boundary element method p. 151

A. B. Ravi, M. Tan and W. G. Price

Published online: 11 December 2008

DOI: 10.1140/epjst/e2008-00858-8

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Collective behavior of particle-like chemical waves p. 161

M. R. Tinsley, A. J. Steele and K. Showalter

Published online: 11 December 2008

DOI: 10.1140/epjst/e2008-00859-7

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Superdiffusive wave front propagation in a chemical active flow p. 169

G. Fernández-García and V. Pérez-Muñuzuri

Published online: 11 December 2008

DOI: 10.1140/epjst/e2008-00860-2

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Cutting DNA: Mechanics of the topoisomerase p. 175

J. M.T. Thompson

Published online: 11 December 2008

DOI: 10.1140/epjst/e2008-00861-1

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Frequency map analysis of the 3D vibrational dynamics of the LiCN/LiNC molecular system p. 183

J. C. Losada, R. M. Benito and F. Borondo

Published online: 11 December 2008

DOI: 10.1140/epjst/e2008-00862-0

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Tokamak magnetic field lines described by simple maps - Dedicated to Professor Celso Grebogi on the occasion of his 60th birthday p. 195

J. S.E. Portela, I. L. Caldas and R. L. Viana

Published online: 11 December 2008

DOI: 10.1140/epjst/e2008-00863-y

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Template analysis of a Faraday disk dynamo p. 211

I. M. Moroz

Published online: 11 December 2008

DOI: 10.1140/epjst/e2008-00864-x

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Controlling chaos in a satellite power supply subsystem p. 221

E. E.N. Macau, L. F. Ramos Turci and T. Yoneyama

Published online: 11 December 2008

DOI: 10.1140/epjst/e2008-00865-9

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Dynamics of an impact oscillator with SMA constraint p. 229

E. Sitnikova, E. Pavlovskaia and M. Wiercigroch

Published online: 11 December 2008

DOI: 10.1140/epjst/e2008-00866-8

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