Abstract
Dissipative structure is peculiar to nonequilibrium open systems. It is maintained by the balance of the influx of energy and matter with dissipation, and in many cases it appears on a macroscopic scale. For this reason, the most natural theoretical description of these phenomena should begin with a consideration of macro-level, nonlinear evolution equations such as the Navier-Stokes equation. Each chapter in Part I is based on this consideration. Of course, one can argue that there exists the problem of determining the microscopic physical source of macroscopic dissipative structure. However, in the end, this problem is equivalent to that of determining the statistical mechanical basis of the behavior of the macroscopic evolution equations themselves. Following this line of reasoning, questions regarding the microscopic physical source of dissipative phenomena can be separated from the study of dissipative phenomena themselves. Such microscopic considerations are beyond the scope of this book.
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- Evolution Equation
- Natural Phenomenon
- Theoretical Description
- Macroscopic Scale
- Nonlinear Evolution Equation
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Mori, H., Kuramoto, Y. (1998). Introduction. In: Dissipative Structures and Chaos. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-80376-5_1
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