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Record Nr.

UNISA996466827603316

Autore

Conte Robert M

Titolo

Direct and Inverse Methods in Nonlinear Evolution Equations [[electronic resource] ] : Lectures Given at the C.I.M.E. Summer School Held in Cetraro, Italy, September 5–12, 1999 / / by Robert M. Conte, Franco Magri, Micheline Musette, Junkichi Satsuma, Pavel Winternitz ; edited by Antonio Maria Greco

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin, Heidelberg : , : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2003

ISBN

3-540-39808-2

Edizione

[1st ed. 2003.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XI, 279 p.)

Collana

Lecture Notes in Physics, , 0075-8450 ; ; 632

Disciplina

530.15/5353

Soggetti

Physics

Partial differential equations

Differential geometry

Statistical physics

Dynamical systems

Mathematical Methods in Physics

Partial Differential Equations

Differential Geometry

Complex Systems

Statistical Physics and Dynamical Systems

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di contenuto

Exact Solutions of Nonlinear Partial Differential Equations by Singularity Analysis -- The Method of Poisson Pairs in the Theory of Nonlinear PDEs -- Nonlinear Superposition Formulae of Integrable Partial Differential Equations by the Singular Manifold Method -- Hirota Bilinear Method for Nonlinear Evolution Equations -- Lie Groups, Singularities and Solutions of Nonlinear Partial Differential Equations.

Sommario/riassunto

Many physical phenomena are described by nonlinear evolution equation. Those that are integrable provide various mathematical methods, presented by experts in this tutorial book, to find special analytic solutions to both integrable and partially integrable equations.



The direct method to build solutions includes the analysis of singularities à la Painlevé, Lie symmetries leaving the equation invariant, extension of the Hirota method, construction of the nonlinear superposition formula. The main inverse method described here relies on the bi-hamiltonian structure of integrable equations. The book also presents some extension to equations with discrete independent and dependent variables. The different chapters face from different points of view the theory of exact solutions and of the complete integrability of nonlinear evolution equations. Several examples and applications to concrete problems allow the reader to experience directly the power of the different machineries involved.