Nonlinear Waves and Solitons on Contours and Closed Surfaces

• Main Author: Ludu, Andrei (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2012.
• Edition: 2nd ed. 2012.
• Series: Springer Series in Synergetics,
• Subjects: Physics.; Differential geometry.; Fluids.; Amorphous substances.; Complex fluids.; Surfaces (Physics).; Interfaces (Physical sciences).; Thin films.; Statistical physics.; Nonlinear Dynamics.; Differential Geometry.; Mathematical Methods in Physics.; Fluid- and Aerodynamics.; Soft and Granular Matter, Complex Fluids and Microfluidics.; Surface and Interface Science, Thin Films.

This volume is an introduction to nonlinear waves and soliton theory in the special environment of compact spaces such a closed curves and surfaces and other domain contours. It assumes familiarity with basic soliton theory and nonlinear dynamical systems. The first part of the book introduces the m...