Reviews of topical problems

S.A. Akhmanov “Khokhlov’s method in the theory of nonlinear waves” 29 589–606 (1986)

F.V. Bunkin, Yu.A. Kravtsov, G.A. Lyakhov “Acoustic analogues of nonlinear-optics phenomena” 29 607–619 (1986)

O.V. Rudenko “Interactions of intense noise waves” 29 620–641 (1986)

S.A. Akhmanov, V.A. Vysloukh, A.S. Chirkin “Self-action of wave packets in a nonlinear medium and femtosecond laser pulse generation” 29 642–647 (1986)

B.Ya. Zel’dovich, V.V. Shkunov, T.V. Yakovleva “Holograms of speckle fields” 29 678–702 (1986)

B.F. Gordiets, V.Ya. Panchenko “Gas lasers with solar excitation” 29 703–719 (1986)

Personalia

A.P. Aleksandrov, A.S. Borovik-Romanov, K.A. Valiev, E.P. Velikhov, S.V. Vonsovskii, V.L. Ginzburg, Ya.B. Zel’dovich, B.B. Kadomtsev, V.A. Kotel’nikov “Aleksandr Mikhailovich Prokhorov (On his seventieth birthday)” 29 720–721 (1986)

“Abdus Salam (On his sixtieth birthday)” 29 722–722 (1986)

N.N. Bogolyubov, M.A. Markov, G.N. Flerov, I.M. Frank, P.A. Cherenkov “Aleksandr Mikhailovich Baldin (On his sixtieth birthday)” 29 723–724 (1986)