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Solitons in mathematics and physics / Alan C. Newell.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Newell, Alan C., 1941-
- Series:
- CBMS-NSF regional conference series in applied mathematics ; 48.
- CBMS-NSF regional conference series in applied mathematics ; 48
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Solitons.
- Differential equations, Partial.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xvi, 244 p. ) ill. ;
- Place of Publication:
- Philadelphia, Pa. : Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM, 3600 Market Street, Floor 6, Philadelphia, PA 19104), 1985.
- Language Note:
- English
- System Details:
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader.
- Contents:
- The history of the soliton
- Derivation of the Korteweg-de Vries; nonlinear Schrodinger and other important and canonical equations of mathematical physics
- Soliton equation families and solution methods
- The -function; the Hirota method; the Painleve property and Backlund transformations for the Korteweg-de Vries family of soliton equations
- Connecting links among the miracles of soliton mathematics.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 237-244).
- Title from title screen, viewed 04/05/2011.
- ISBN:
- 1-61197-022-9
- Publisher Number:
- CB48 SIAM
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