The Painlevé Handbook

• Main Authors: Conte, Robert (Author), Musette, Micheline (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2008.
• Subjects: Physics.; Chemometrics.; Dynamics.; Ergodic theory.; Differential equations.; Partial differential equations.; Applied mathematics.; Engineering mathematics.; Mathematical Methods in Physics.; Dynamical Systems and Ergodic Theory.; Ordinary Differential Equations.; Partial Differential Equations.; Appl.Mathematics/Computational Methods of Engineering.; Math. Applications in Chemistry.

Nonlinear differential or difference equations are encountered not only in mathematics, but also in many areas of physics (evolution equations, propagation of a signal in an optical fiber), chemistry (reaction-diffusion systems), and biology (competition of species). This book introduces the reader...