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Integrable Systems: Twistors, Loop Groups, and Riemann Surfaces (Oxford Graduate Texts in Mathematics, Vol. 4) - Hardcover

Hitchin, N. J.; Segal, G. B.; Ward, R. S.

 
9780198504214: Integrable Systems: Twistors, Loop Groups, and Riemann Surfaces (Oxford Graduate Texts in Mathematics, Vol. 4)

Synopsis

This textbook for graduate students introduces integrable systems through the study of Riemann surfaces, loop groups, and twistors. Topics include Korteweg-de Vries and nonlinear Schr^"odinger equations, the inverse scattering transform, algebraic curves, and self-dual Yang-Mills equations.

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About the Author

N. J. Hitchin is Savilian Professor of Geometry, University of Oxford.

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