Nonlinear Waves & Hamiltonian Systems : From One to Many Degrees of Freedom, from Discrete to Continuum

Nonlinear waves are of significant scientific interest across many diverse contexts, ranging from mathematics and physics to engineering, biosciences, chemistry, and finance. The study of nonlinear waves is relevant to Bose-Einstein condensates, the interaction of electromagnetic waves with matter, optical fibers and waveguides, acoustics, water waves, atmospheric and planetary scales, and even galaxy formation.

The aim of this book is to provide a self-contained introduction to the continuously developing field of nonlinear waves, that offers the background, the basic ideas, and mathematical, as well as computational methods, while also presenting an overview of associated physical applications.

Originated from the authors' own research activity in the field for almost three decades and shaped over many years of teaching on relevant courses, the primary purpose of this book is to serve as a textbook. However, the selection and exposition of the material will be useful to anyone who is curious to explore the fascinating world of nonlinear waves.

Ricardo Carretero-González, Professor, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, San Diego State University,Dimitrios J. Frantzeskakis, Professor, Department of Physics, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Panayotis G. Kevrekidis, Distinguished University Professor, University of Massachusetts, Amherst

Ricardo Carretero-González holds a Summa Cum Laude B.Sc. in Physics from the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, and a Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics and Computation from Queen Mary College, University of London. He previously held a post-doctoral post at University College London and at Simon Fraser University, Canada, and is currently a Professor of Applied Mathematics at San Diego State University. His research focuses on spatio-temporal dynamical systems, nonlinear waves, and their applications. He is an active advocate of the dissemination of science and he regularly delivers engaging presentations at local high schools and science festivals.


Dimitrios J. Frantzeskakis holds an Electrical Engineering Diploma from the University of Patras, and a PhD in Engineering from the National Technical University of Athens. He was an Instructor in the Naval Academy of Greece, a Research Associate at NTUA, and is currently a Professor in the Department of Physics at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. His research focuses on nonlinear waves and solitons, with applications to various physical contexts. Many of his theoretical results initiated important experimental projects, which verified a number of theoretical predictions reported in his papers; he is a co-author of several works reporting these experimental results.


Panayotis G. Kevrekidis holds a Distinguished University Professorship at the University of Massachusetts since 2015. Previously, he was an Assistant (2001-2005), Associate (2005-2010) and Full Professor (2010-2015) at UMass. His doctoral studies were conducted at Rutgers University, where he earned an M.S., an M. Phil. and a Ph.D. He subsequently spent a post-doctoral year between Princeton's Program in Applied and Computational Mathematics and Los Alamos' Center for Nonlinear Studies.