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Integrable Systems and Applications: Proceedings of a Workshop Held at Oléron, France June 20–24, 1988

Book information

Publisher
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Year
1989
ISBN
9780387516158, 0387516158, 3540516158
DOI
10.1007/BFb0035656
LCC
QA377 .I54 1989
Open Library ID
OL2207357M
Language
english
Format
DJVU
Filesize
959 kB (982202 bytes)
Series
Lecture Notes in Physics 342
Pages
119\119
Library
Kolxo3
DPI
300
Time added
2009-07-20 03:45:11

Description

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 Schr?dinger, 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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