Universalities in Condensed Matter: Proceedings of the Workshop, Les Houches, France, March 15–25,1988

Front Matter....Pages I-X
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Hierarchy of Line Defects in Structures....Pages 2-5
Are There Universalities in Systems with Frustrated Local Order?....Pages 6-8
Contribution to the Theory of Quasicrystal Approximants....Pages 9-14
Beyond Quasiperiodicity: Scaling Properties of a Fourier Spectrum....Pages 15-18
The Fibonacci Chain Quasicrystal: An Exact Decimation Approach....Pages 19-22
Front Matter....Pages 23-23
Experimental Investigations of the Sol-Gel Transition....Pages 24-26
Conformation, Connectivity and Mechanical Properties of Polycondensates Near the Gel Point....Pages 27-34
Conformation and Dynamical Properties of Polymer Clusters in Concentrated Solution....Pages 35-42
Percolation and Dispersive Conduction in Fluid-Saturated Porous Media....Pages 43-51
Microscopic Observation of Critical Fluctuations: Fractal Aspects....Pages 52-56
Some Static and Dynamic Results for Walks on the Lattice....Pages 57-60
Problem of Universality in Phase Transitions in Low-Symmetry Systems....Pages 61-64
Exact Critical Properties of Two-Dimensional Polymer Networks from Conformal Invariance....Pages 65-79
A Hierarchical Schrödinger Operator....Pages 80-83
Universality and Nonuniversality in Frustrated Smectics....Pages 84-87
A Langevin Equation Approach to Sine-Gordon Soliton Diffusion with Application to Nucleation Rates....Pages 88-92
Disorder, Frustration and Critical Exponents....Pages 93-99
Universality Classes of Fluctuating Membranes....Pages 100-105
Diffusion Fronts of Interacting Particles....Pages 106-108
Static Scaling with T c Positive, Null or Negative....Pages 109-112
Front Matter....Pages 23-23
Magnetic Frustration and Pairing in Doped Lathanum Cuprate....Pages 113-116
Front Matter....Pages 117-117
On the Shape of Trees: Tools to Describe Ramified Patterns....Pages 118-124
Scaling and Universality in Multifractal Growth Processes....Pages 125-128
Theory of Fractal Growth....Pages 129-131
The Hunt for Universality in Fracture....Pages 132-135
Multifractal Viscous Fingering and Non-Newtonian Growth....Pages 136-141
Scattering by Fractal Structures....Pages 142-145
Capillary Aggregation at an Interface....Pages 146-149
Kinetics of Aggregation in a Sheared Dispersion of Macroscopic Spheres....Pages 150-152
Reaction-Limited Aggregation: Recent Simulation Results....Pages 153-158
Cluster-Cluster Aggregation of Magnetic Particles....Pages 159-161
Diffusion Limited Aggregation on the Torus....Pages 162-164
Filtered Operators and Ultrametricity....Pages 165-167
Front Matter....Pages 169-169
Random Multiplicative Processes and Multifractals....Pages 170-175
Universal Properties of Multifractal Moments: Analogies with Critical Phenomena....Pages 176-182
Multifractal Analysis in the Circle Map: Analogies with Critical Phenomena....Pages 183-187
Correlations in Multifractals....Pages 188-190
Bulk and Surface Exponents at the d=2 Θ-Point....Pages 191-192
Rough Surfaces: Scaling Theory and Universality....Pages 193-198
Computer Simulation of Random Ballistic Deposition....Pages 199-205
Front Matter....Pages 207-207
Scaling Properties of Soft Thermal Turbulence in Rayleigh-Bénard Convection....Pages 208-212
The Organization of Chaos by Periodic Orbits: Topological Universality of Complex Systems....Pages 213-215
Some Results on Lyapunov Exponents for Products of Random Matrices....Pages 216-219
Relevance of Classical Chaos in Quantum Mechanics....Pages 220-223
Intermittency and Equilibrium Measures in Dynamical Systems....Pages 224-228
Chaos in a Model of Random Neural Networks....Pages 229-232
Phase Transitions on Strange Attractors and Fractal Aggregates....Pages 233-235
Diffusion of Passive Scalars in Fluid Flows: Maps in Three Dimensions....Pages 236-241
Gap Road: Main Properties....Pages 242-245
Dynamics and Damage Spreading in Cooperative Systems: A Numerical Search for Universality....Pages 246-249
Universality in Relaxation of Disordered Systems....Pages 250-256
Back Matter....Pages 257-258