Important Developments in Soliton Theory

Important Developments in Soliton Theory
ISBN-10
3642580459
ISBN-13
9783642580451
Category
Science
Pages
559
Language
English
Published
2012-12-06
Publisher
Springer Science & Business Media
Authors
A.S. Fokas, V.E. Zakharov

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.

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