Physics of solitons
"In addition to knowledge on the physics of solitons, the authors aim to familiarise the reader with a new way of thinking in physics. Instead of linear approximations followed by a perturbative approach to nonlinearities, it is often more efficient to treat nonlinearities intrinsically, and to base the analysis on one of the soliton equations introduced in this book. This modelling process is stressed throughout the book and is also discussed in a specific chapter." "Based on the authors' graduate course, this textbook gives an instructive view of the physics of solitons for students with a basic knowledge of general physics, and classical and quantum mechanics."--Jacket
Print Book, English, 2006
Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2006