| Soliton Theory and Its Applications Contributor(s): Gu, Chaohao (Editor) |
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ISBN: 3642081770 ISBN-13: 9783642081774 Publisher: Springer OUR PRICE: $104.49 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 2010 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Mathematics | Differential Equations - General - Science | Physics - Mathematical & Computational - Mathematics | Number Systems |
| Dewey: 515.353 |
| Physical Information: 0.85" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (1.28 lbs) 403 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Soliton theory is an important branch of applied mathematics and mathematical physics. An active and productive field of research, it has important applications in fluid mechanics, nonlinear optics, classical and quantum fields theories etc. This book presents a broad view of soliton theory. It gives an expository survey of the most basic ideas and methods, such as physical background, inverse scattering, Backl nd transformations, finite-dimensional completely integrable systems, symmetry, Kac-moody algebra, solitons and differential geometry, numerical analysis for nonlinear waves, and gravitational solitons. Besides the essential points of the theory, several applications are sketched and some recent developments, partly by the authors and their collaborators, are presented. |