1 The general principles.- 2 Solitary waves and solitons: abstract theory.- 3 The nonlinear Schrödinger equation.- 4 The nonlinear Klein-Gordon equation.- 5 The Nonlinear Klein-Gordon-Maxwell equations.- 6 The nonlinear Schrödinger-Maxwell equations.- 7 The nonlinear beam equation.- 8 Vortices.- 9 Appendix.
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