Nonlinear Symmetries and Nonlinear Equations

By Giuseppe Gaeta

Book Overview

List of abbreviations. Foreword. Introduction. I: Geometric setting. a) Equations and functions as geometrical objects. b) Symmetry. II: Symmetries and their use. III: Examples. IV: Evolution equations. a) Evolution equations -- general features. b) Dynamical systems (ODEs). c) Periodic solutions. d) Evolution PDEs. V: Variational problems. VI: Bifurcation problems. VII: Gauge theories. VIII: Reduction and equivariant branching lemma. IX: Further developments. X: Equations of physics. References and bibliography. Subject Index.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 079233048X
• ISBN13: 9780792330486
• Release Date: September 1994
• Publisher: Kluwer Academic Publishers
• Length: 284 Pages
• Weight: 1.27 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"