Spectral and Dynamical Stability of Nonlinear Waves

• Main Authors: Kapitula, Todd (Author), Promislow, Keith (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Series: Applied Mathematical Sciences, 185
• Subjects: Mathematics.; Dynamics.; Ergodic theory.; Partial differential equations.; Statistical physics.; Partial Differential Equations.; Nonlinear Dynamics.; Dynamical Systems and Ergodic Theory.

This book unifies the dynamical systems and functional analysis approaches to the linear and nonlinear stability of waves. It synthesizes fundamental ideas of the past 20+ years of research, carefully balancing theory and application. The book isolates and methodically develops key ideas by working...