Soliton Equations And Hamiltonian Systems (Second Edition) / Edition 2

by Leonid A Dickey

Overview

The theory of soliton equations and integrable systems has developed rapidly during the last 30 years with numerous applications in mechanics and physics. For a long time, books in this field have not been written but the flood of papers was overwhelming: many hundreds, maybe thousands of them. All this output followed one single work by Gardner, Green, Kruskal, and Mizura on the Korteweg-de Vries equation (KdV), which had seemed to be merely an unassuming equation of mathematical physics describing waves in shallow water.Besides its obvious practical use, this theory is attractive also because it satisfies the aesthetic need in a beautiful formula which is so inherent to mathematics.The second edition is up-to-date and differs from the first one considerably. One third of the book (five chapters) is completely new and the rest is refreshed and edited.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9789812381736
Publisher:	World Scientific Publishing Company, Incorporated
Publication date:	01/20/2003
Series:	Advanced Series In Mathematical Physics , #26
Edition description:	Subsequent
Pages:	420
Product dimensions:	5.92(w) x 9.64(h) x 0.79(d)

Editorial Reviews

Dickey (mathematics, U. of Oklahoma) defends his offering of yet another monograph on a thoroughly covered branch of mathematics, by noting that all accounts are based on a particular perspective, and his is different enough to be interesting. Accessible to beginners with only the basics of algebra and analysis. No index. Acidic paper. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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