Gary Wysin in a professor of theoretical condensed matter physics at Kansas State University, USA. Research interests span theoretical and simulation studies in magnetism and optics.

1 Introduction: Geometrically Confined Magnetic Systems
2 Spin Waves: Extended but Low-Dimensional Systems
3 Classical Monte Carlo Simulation Methods
4 Classical Spin Dynamics Simulations
5 Solitons in Magnetic Chains
6 Vortices in Layered or Two-Dimensional Ferromagnets
7 Vortices in Two-Dimensional Antiferromagnets
8 Demagnetization Effects in Thin Magnets
9 Vortices in Thin Ferromagnetic Nano-Disks
10 Spin Ices and Geometric Frustration
11 Ferromagnetic Nano-Spheres
12 Ferromagnetic Cylinders
13 Electromagnetics and Nano-Spheres
14 Faraday Rotation Effects for Nanoparticles
15 Postface