Nonlinear dispersive waves asymptotic analysis and solitons

The field of nonlinear dispersive waves has developed enormously since the work of Stokes, Boussinesq and Korteweg-de Vries (KdV) in the nineteenth century. In the 1960s, researchers developed effective asymptotic methods for deriving nonlinear wave equations, such as the KdV equation, governing a b...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ablowitz, Mark J.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2011
Series:Cambridge texts in applied mathematics
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Collection: Cambridge Books Online - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Machine generated contents note: Preface; Acknowledgements; Part I. Fundamentals and Basic Applications: 1. Introduction; 2. Linear and nonlinear wave equations; 3. Asymptotic analysis of wave equations; 4. Perturbation analysis; 5. Water waves and KdV type equations; 6. Nonlinear Schrödinger models and water waves; 7. Nonlinear Schrödinger models in nonlinear optics; Part II. Integrability and Solitons: 8. Solitons and integrable equations; 9. Inverse scattering transform for the KdV equation; Part III. Novel Applications of Nonlinear Waves: 10. Communications; 11. Mode-locked lasers; 12. Nonlinear photonic lattices; References; Index