Important Developments in Soliton Theory
By: edited by A.S. Fokas, V.E. Zakharov
Contributors: Zakharov, V. E.
Series: Springer Series in Nonlinear Dynamics, 0940-2535; Springer series in nonlinear dynamics
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg; Imprint; Springer
Published: 1993
Place of publication: Berlin, Heidelberg
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] /
Number of pages: 559
ISBN-13: 9783642580451
Subjects: Global analysis (Mathematics); Physics
Description: In the last ten to fifteen years there have been many important developments in the theory of integrable equations. This period is marked in particular by the strong impact of soliton theory in many diverse areas of mathematics and physics; for example, algebraic geometry (the solution of the Schottky problem), group theory (the discovery of quantum groups), topology (the connection of Jones polynomials with integrable models), and quantum gravity (the connection of the KdV with matrix models). This is the first book to present a comprehensive overview of these developments. Numbered among the authors are many of the most prominent researchers in the field.