Solitons, Nonlinear Evolution Equations and Inverse Scattering (London Mathematical Society Lecture Note Series)
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: January 31, 1992
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 528
ISBN-13: 9780521387309
Subjects: Differential Equations; Science/Mathematics; Mathematics; Solitons; Differential Equations - Partial Differential Equations; Mathematics / General; Evolution equations, Nonlinear; Inverse scattering transform
First sentence: "Solitons" were first observed by J. Scott Russell in 1834 [1838, 1844] whilst riding on horseback beside the narrow Union canal near Edinburgh, Scotland.