The Painlevé Handbook / by Robert M. Conte, Micheline Musette.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Conte, Robert, 1943-

Contributor:

Musette, Micheline.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mathematical physics.

Dynamics.

Differential equations.

Engineering mathematics.

Engineering--Data processing.

Engineering.

Chemometrics.

Mathematical Methods in Physics.

Dynamical Systems.

Differential Equations.

Mathematical and Computational Engineering Applications.

Mathematical Applications in Chemistry.

Local Subjects:

Mathematical Methods in Physics.

Dynamical Systems.

Differential Equations.

Mathematical and Computational Engineering Applications.

Mathematical Applications in Chemistry.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (273 p.)

Edition:

1st ed. 2008.

Place of Publication:

Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Nonlinear differential or difference equations are encountered not only in mathematics, but also in many areas of physics (evolution equations, propagation of a signal in an optical fiber), chemistry (reaction-diffusion systems), and biology (competition of species). This book introduces the reader to methods allowing one to build explicit solutions to these equations. A prerequisite task is to investigate whether the chances of success are high or low, and this can be achieved without any a priori knowledge of the solutions, with a powerful algorithm presented in detail called the Painlevé test. If the equation under study passes the Painlevé test, the equation is presumed integrable. If on the contrary the test fails, the system is nonintegrable or even chaotic, but it may still be possible to find solutions. The examples chosen to illustrate these methods are mostly taken from physics. These include on the integrable side the nonlinear Schrödinger equation (continuous and discrete), the Korteweg-de Vries equation, the Hénon-Heiles Hamiltonians, on the nonintegrable side the complex Ginzburg-Landau equation (encountered in optical fibers, turbulence, etc), the Kuramoto-Sivashinsky equation (phase turbulence), the Kolmogorov-Petrovski-Piskunov equation (KPP, a reaction-diffusion model), the Lorenz model of atmospheric circulation and the Bianchi IX cosmological model. Written at a graduate level, the book contains tutorial text as well as detailed examples and the state of the art on some current research.

Contents:

Introduction; Singularity Analysis: Painlevé Test; Integrating Ordinary Differential Equations; Partial Differential Equations: Paielevé Test; From the Test to Explicit Solutions of PDEs; Integration of Hamiltonian Systems; Discrete Nonlinear Equations; FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions)

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 234-252) and index.

ISBN:

1-281-91343-X

9786611913434

1-4020-8491-9

OCLC:

311507109