Integrable Systems and Applications: Proceedings of a Workshop Held at Oleron, France, June 20-24, 1988: 342 (Lecture Notes in Physics) - Hardcover

 
9783540516156: Integrable Systems and Applications: Proceedings of a Workshop Held at Oleron, France, June 20-24, 1988: 342 (Lecture Notes in Physics)
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 3540516158 ISBN 13: 9783540516156
Publisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K, 1989

Synopsis

In this volume nonlinear systems related to integrable systems are studied. Lectures cover such topics as the application of integrable systems to the description of natural phenomena, the elaboration of perturbation theories, and the statistical mechanics of ensembles of objects obeying integrable equations. The more physical lectures center largely around the three paradigmatic equations: Korteweg de Vries, Sine-Gordon and Nonlinear Schrodinger, especially the latter. These have long been of great mathematical interest, and also exhibit a "universality" which places them among the most frequently encountered integrable equations in the description of physical systems. Tidal waves, optical fibers and laser beams are among the topics discussed. Lectures are also devoted to multidimensional solitons, integrability of Hamiltonian systems of ODEs and dissipative systems of PDEs.

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Publisher
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K
Publication date
1989
Language
English
ISBN 10 
3540516158
ISBN 13 
9783540516156
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
351
Editor
Balabane Mikhael, Lochak Pierre, Sulem Catherine