Topics on non-equilibrium statistical mechanics and nonlinear physics: preface

摘要

The exciting field of complexity, chaos and nonlinear science has experienced an impressive growth in the last decade. Not only have classic problems in statistical mechanics, fluids, pattern formation, chaos and dynamical systems received a lot of attention, but also new interdisciplinary fields have been developed, including complexity, networks, social dynamics, biological applications, etc. This issue of Phil. Trans. R. Soc. A features an interesting selection of papers by leading researchers working in the field of non-equilibrium statistical mechanics and nonlinear physics and covers a wide range of relevant topics in nonlinear science.