Lectures on Integrable Systems
Proceedings of the Cimpa School in Memory of Jean-Louis Verdier, Nice, 10-28 June 1991
World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd
Published on 31. July 1994
Book
Hardback
400 pages
978-981-02-1713-6 (ISBN)
Description
A comprehensive introduction to the theory of integrable systems. The six sets of lectures review the foundations of classical finite and infinite-dimensional integrable systems, introduce quantum groups and survey recent developments. The volume is intended for students and researchers.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Singapore
Singapore
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
index, bibliography
ISBN-13
978-981-02-1713-6 (9789810217136)
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Persons
Editor
CNRS, University of Paris, VI, France
Ecole Normale Superieure de Paris, France
Ecole Polytechnique, France
Content
Introduction to Integrable Systems: Symplectic and Poissonnian Geometry, Algebraic Complete Integrability (P Cartier); Integrable Foundations of String Theory (P van Moerbeka); Field-Theoretical (Multi-Time) Lagrange-Hamilton Formalism and Integrable Equations (L Dickey, Introduction to Poison-Lie Groups and Application to Integrable Systems (M Semonov & T Shansky); Integrable Systems and Torus Actions (H Flaschka); Integrable Systems, Quantum Groups and Conformal Field Theory (L Takhtadjan).