Integrable Systems: Twistors, Loop Groups, and Riemann Surfaces

by N.J. Hitchin, G.B. Segal, R.S. Ward, et al.

Book Overview

This textbook is designed to give graduate students an understanding of integrable systems via the study of Riemann surfaces, loop groups, and twistors. The book has its origins in a series of lecture courses given by the authors, all of whom are internationally known mathematicians and renowned expositors. It is written in an accessible and informal style, and fills a gap in the existing literature. The introduction by Nigel Hitchin addresses the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199676771
• ISBN13: 9780199676774
• Release Date: May 2013
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 148 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.1"