Nonlinear Partial Differential Equatations in Geometry and Physics. The 1995 Barrett Lectures. Editors: Garth Baker, Alexandre Freire.

Baker, Garth and Alexandre Freire:

ISBN 10: 3764354933 / ISBN 13: 9783764354930

Published by Basel, Boston, Berlin: Verlag Birkhäuser, 1997

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XI, 153 Seiten, Fadenheftung, Format 15,5 x 23,9 cm, hartgebundener u. mattkaschierter Original-Pappband (Progress in Nonlinear Differential Equatations and Their Applications, Volume 29). * Zweite ISBN-Nr.: 0-8176-5493-3. Index auf der letzten (ungezählten) Seite, Bibliography nach jedem einzelnen Textbeitrag. Texte von Ronald Fintushel, Sergiu Klainerman, Fang-Hua Lin, Michael Struwe. Erhaltung: Keine Mängel, insgesamt ein sehr gutes und frisches Exemplar [Eine größere Sammlung Physik, Mathematik, Astronomie und verwandte Gebiete wird derzeit in den Bestand eingearbeitet. Sie finden diese Titel bei uns in den gleichnamigen Rubriken]. Sprache: Englisch.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Nonlinear Partial Differential Equatations in Geometry and Physics. The 1995 Barrett Lectures. Editors: Garth Baker, Alexandre Freire.
• Publisher: Basel, Boston, Berlin: Verlag Birkhäuser
• Publication Date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 3764354933
• ISBN 13: 9783764354930
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Seller catalogs:
  • Mathematik

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Synopsis

The subject of nonlinear partial differential equations is experiencing a period of intense activity in the study of systems underlying basic theories in geometry, topology and physics. These mathematical models share the property of being derived from variational principles. Understanding the structure of critical configurations and the dynamics of the corresponding evolution problems is of fundamental importance for the development of the physical theories and their applications. This volume contains survey lectures in four different areas, delivered by leading resarchers at the 1995 Barrett Lectures held at The University of Tennessee: nonlinear hyperbolic systems arising in field theory and relativity (S. Klainerman); harmonic maps from Minkowski spacetime (M. Struwe); dynamics of vortices in the Ginzburg-Landau model of superconductivity (F.-H. Lin); the Seiberg-Witten equations and their application to problems in four-dimensional topology (R. Fintushel). Most of this material has not previously been available in survey form. These lectures provide an up-to-date overview and an introduction to the research literature in each of these areas, which should prove useful to researchers and graduate students in mathematical physics, partial differential equations, differential geometry and topology.

Review

"All the essays are on the topmost professional level and are highly recommended to researchers and especially to young specialists in mathematical physics, PDE, differential geometry and topology, because they illustrate brilliantly the recent tendency in the theory of nonlinear PDE...namely the realization that structures originally introduced in the context of mathematical models in theoretical physics may turn out to have important applications in topology and (differential) geometry."

--Mathematica Bohemica