The article by Fulde Thalmeier and Zwicknagl traces many of the recentdevelopments in the field of strongly correlated many electron systems. It isvery useful b... » 

The article by Fulde Thalmeier and Zwicknagl traces many of the recentdevelopments in the field of strongly correlated many electron systems. It isvery useful both as a reference and a pedagogical exposition since it placesthese developments into a historical context beginning with early developmentsin the electron theory of solids. The second article in this volume by Brechetand Hutchinson concerns pattern formation in metals and alloys. Spontaneouspattern formation is the development of a regularity either in the spatialdistribution of the material in a system or in its development in time of alower symmetry than that of its cause. These phenomena have been ofconsiderable interest to the nonlinear physics community in particular influid dynamics and in chemical reactions. Continuation of prestigious serial Covers cutting edge research and topicsin solid state physics Studies strongly correlated electron systems andpattern formation in metal and alloys «