Solitons
Subtitle: Introduction and Applications
By: edited by Muthusamy Lakshmanan
Series: Springer Series in Nonlinear Dynamics, 0940-2535; Springer series in nonlinear dynamics
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published: 1988
Place of publication: Berlin, Heidelberg
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Number of pages: 367
ISBN-13: 9783642731938
Subjects: Quantum theory; Thermodynamics; Physics
Other titles: Proceedings of the Winter School, Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirapalli, South India, January 5-17, 1987
Description: A good deal of the material presented in this book has been prepared by top experts in the field lecturing in January 1987 at the Winter School on Solitons in Tiruchirapalli, India. The lectures begin at an elementary level but go on to include even the most recent developments in the field. The book makes a handy introduction to the various facets of the soliton concept, and will be useful both to newcomers to the field and to researchers who are interested in developments in new branches of physics and mathematics.