Contact Geometry and Nonlinear Differential Equations |
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| Author:
| Kushner, Alexei
Lychagin, Valentin
Rubtsov, Vladimir |
| Series title: | Encyclopedia of Mathematics and Its Applications Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-521-82476-7 |
| Publication Date: | Dec 2006 |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $174.00 |
Book Description:
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Explains how to solve highly non-trivial nonlinear partial and ordinary differential equations using methods from contact and symplectic geometry. Combining the clarity and accessibility of an advanced textbook with the completeness of an encyclopedia, it contains applications to problems ranging from Lie's classification problem to analysis of laser beams.
Explains how to solve highly non-trivial nonlinear partial and ordinary differential equations using methods from contact and symplectic geometry. Combining the clarity and accessibility of an advanced textbook with the completeness of an encyclopedia, it contains applications to problems ranging from Lie's classification problem to analysis of laser beams.