Harmonic Maps, Loop Groups, and Integrable Systems: 38 (London Mathematical Society Student Texts, Series Number 38) - Hardcover

Guest, Martin A.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0521580854 ISBN 13: 9780521580854

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 1997

Synopsis

University-level introduction that leads to topics of current research in the theory of harmonic maps.

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Review

'... an accessible introduction to some of the fundamental connections beween differental geometry, Lie groups and integrable Hamiltonian systems.' L'Enseignement Mathématique

'It is very rare to find a book that can take a student from the very basics of a subject to the frontiers of active research. The author is to be congratulated on having produced just such a rarity!' Bulletin of the London Mathematics Society

'The book will certainly be appreciated by mathematicians as well as theoretical physics interested in the subject.' European Mathematical Society

Book Description

This book is an introduction to an important area of mathematics and mathematical physics. It is accessible to university students, but leads to topics of current research in the theory of harmonic maps. It is the first book on this subject at this level.

Edition details

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0521580854
• ISBN 13: 9780521580854
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 212