Soliton Theory

Soliton Theory
Author: Allan P. Fordy
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Total Pages: 472
Release: 1990
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 9780719014918

A coherent introduction to the complete range of soliton theory including Hirota's method and Backlund transformations. Details physical applications of soliton theory with chapters on the peculiar wave patterns of the Andaman Sea, atmospheric phenomena, general relativity and Davydov solitons. Contains testing for full integrability, a discussion of the Painlevé technique, symmetries and conservation law.

The Direct Method in Soliton Theory

The Direct Method in Soliton Theory
Author: Ryogo Hirota
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 220
Release: 2004-07-22
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 9780521836609

Account of method of solving soliton equations by the inventor of the method.

Introduction to Soliton Theory: Applications to Mechanics

Introduction to Soliton Theory: Applications to Mechanics
Author: Ligia Munteanu
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 325
Release: 2006-07-06
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 1402025777

This monograph is planned to provide the application of the soliton theory to solve certain practical problems selected from the fields of solid mechanics, fluid mechanics and biomechanics. The work is based mainly on the authors’ research carried out at their home institutes, and on some specified, significant results existing in the published literature. The methodology to study a given evolution equation is to seek the waves of permanent form, to test whether it possesses any symmetry properties, and whether it is stable and solitonic in nature. Students of physics, applied mathematics, and engineering are usually exposed to various branches of nonlinear mechanics, especially to the soliton theory. The soliton is regarded as an entity, a quasi-particle, which conserves its character and interacts with the surroundings and other solitons as a particle. It is related to a strange phenomenon, which consists in the propagation of certain waves without attenuation in dissipative media. This phenomenon has been known for about 200 years (it was described, for example, by the Joule Verne's novel Les histoires de Jean Marie Cabidoulin, Éd. Hetzel), but its detailed quantitative description became possible only in the last 30 years due to the exceptional development of computers. The discovery of the physical soliton is attributed to John Scott Russell. In 1834, Russell was observing a boat being drawn along a narrow channel by a pair of horses.

Topological Solitons

Topological Solitons
Author: Nicholas Manton
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 507
Release: 2004-06-10
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1139454692

Topological solitons occur in many nonlinear classical field theories. They are stable, particle-like objects, with finite mass and a smooth structure. Examples are monopoles and Skyrmions, Ginzburg-Landau vortices and sigma-model lumps, and Yang-Mills instantons. This book is a comprehensive survey of static topological solitons and their dynamical interactions. Particular emphasis is placed on the solitons which satisfy first-order Bogomolny equations. For these, the soliton dynamics can be investigated by finding the geodesics on the moduli space of static multi-soliton solutions. Remarkable scattering processes can be understood this way. The book starts with an introduction to classical field theory, and a survey of several mathematical techniques useful for understanding many types of topological soliton. Subsequent chapters explore key examples of solitons in one, two, three and four dimensions. The final chapter discusses the unstable sphaleron solutions which exist in several field theories.

Topological and Non-Topological Solitons in Scalar Field Theories

Topological and Non-Topological Solitons in Scalar Field Theories
Author: Yakov M. Shnir
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 281
Release: 2018-07-26
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1108429912

An introduction to integrable and non-integrable scalar field models, with topological and non-topological soliton solutions. Focusing on both topological and non-topological solitons, this book brings together discussion of solitary waves and construction of soliton solutions and provides a discussion of solitons using simple model examples.

Glimpses of Soliton Theory

Glimpses of Soliton Theory
Author: Alex Kasman
Publisher: American Mathematical Soc.
Total Pages: 322
Release: 2010
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 0821852450

Glimpses of Soliton Theory addresses some of the hidden mathematical connections in soliton theory which have been revealed over the last half-century. It aims to convince the reader that, like the mirrors and hidden pockets used by magicians, the underlying algebro-geometric structure of soliton equations provides an elegant and surprisingly simple explanation of something seemingly miraculous. --

Quantum Field Theory and Its Macroscopic Manifestations

Quantum Field Theory and Its Macroscopic Manifestations
Author: Massimo Blasone
Publisher: World Scientific
Total Pages: 545
Release: 2011
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1848162804

This book is a self-contained presentation of the quantum field theory of topological defects created during spontaneous symmetry breakdown phase transitions, with a particular emphasis on phenomenological issues of current interest.

Soliton Theory and Its Applications

Soliton Theory and Its Applications
Author: Chaohao Gu
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 414
Release: 2013-03-14
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 3662031027

Soliton theory is an important branch of applied mathematics and mathematical physics. An active and productive field of research, it has important applications in fluid mechanics, nonlinear optics, classical and quantum fields theories etc. This book presents a broad view of soliton theory. It gives an expository survey of the most basic ideas and methods, such as physical background, inverse scattering, Backlünd transformations, finite-dimensional completely integrable systems, symmetry, Kac-moody algebra, solitons and differential geometry, numerical analysis for nonlinear waves, and gravitational solitons. Besides the essential points of the theory, several applications are sketched and some recent developments, partly by the authors and their collaborators, are presented.

Important Developments in Soliton Theory

Important Developments in Soliton Theory
Author: A.S. Fokas
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 563
Release: 2012-12-06
Genre: Science
ISBN: 3642580459

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.