Index 197
Markov process, 17
maximal Lyapunov exponent, 84
mean-square fluctuations, 34
measure theory, 34
mechano-chemical coupling coefficient, 187
mixed phase space, 97
mobility coefficient, 187
model of coin toss, 17
molecular motor, 185
monotonous complexity, 13
monotonous entropy, 13
multi-body problem, 19
multi-dimensional tunneling, 95
multi-stability, 84
multifractal measure, 34
N
negative feedback, 81
Newton-Rafson procedure, 75
noise, 53
noise level, 84
noise spectrum, 146
noise-induced synchronization, 117
noise-to-signal ratio, 135
non-differentiable function, 44
non-hyperbolic chaotic scattering, 71
non-linear friction, 176
non-linear oscillator model, 78
non-linear pendulum, 62
O
on-off ratchet, 172
Onsager principle, 187
order, 7
over-damped case, 146
P
parameter variation, 54
partial replacement, 105
pass targeting method, 69
passive control, 91
period doubling, 54
period doubling bifurcation, 54
periodic orbit, 19
periodic perturbation, 62
perpetuum mobile, 160
Persival theorem, 146
phase, 22
phase flow, 34
phase space, 14, 19
phase spectrum, 22
phase synchronization, 106
phase transitions, 30
photo-galvanic effect, 174
Poincar
´
e mapping, 19
Poincar
´
e section, 19, 20
power, 13
power spectrum, 145
primitive cell, 186
program, 9
protein, 185
pulsating ratchets, 172
Q
quantum control, 91
quantum system, 91
quasi doublet, 98
quasi-mode, 95
quasi-periodic, 20
quasi-periodic trajectory, 74
R
R
¨
ossler system, 79
random force, 139
random infinite sequences, 12
random sequences, 12
random synchronization, 105
random transition, 137
ratchet model, 160
rational number, 14
recursive function, 13
regular motion, 20
relaxation, 34
resonance overlaps, 69
restricted three-body problem, 70
retraction, 181
reversible mapping, 73
S
saturating perturbation, 84
scale-invariant, 44
scattering region, 71
Schr
¨
odinger equation, 91
secure communication, 101
security level, 129
self-affine fractal, 45
self-control, 87
self-controlled feedback, 81
self-similar set, 45
self-similarity, 44
Smoluchowski equation, 166
Smoluchowski-Feynman gedanken
experiment, 160
Smoluchowski-Feynman model, 163
space-temporal chaos, 122
spectral density, 21
spectrum, 21
spectrum of the Lyapunov exponents, 31