Riemann-Hilbert Problems, Their Numerical Solution, and the Computation of Nonlinear Special Functions
Published on 30. December 2015
Book
Paperback/Softback
391 pages
978-1-61197-419-5 (ISBN)
Description
Riemann-Hilbert problems are fundamental objects of study within complex analysis. Many problems in differential equations and integrable systems, probability and random matrix theory, and asymptotic analysis can be solved by reformulation as a Riemann-Hilbert problem.
This book, the most comprehensive one to date on the applied and computational theory of Riemann-Hilbert problems, includes:
An introduction to computational complex analysis.
An introduction to the applied theory of Riemann-Hilbert problems from an analytical and numerical perspective.
A discussion of applications to integrable systems, differential equations, and special function theory.
Six fundamental examples and five more sophisticated examples of the analytical and numerical Riemann-Hilbert method, each of mathematical or physical significance or both.
This book, the most comprehensive one to date on the applied and computational theory of Riemann-Hilbert problems, includes:
An introduction to computational complex analysis.
An introduction to the applied theory of Riemann-Hilbert problems from an analytical and numerical perspective.
A discussion of applications to integrable systems, differential equations, and special function theory.
Six fundamental examples and five more sophisticated examples of the analytical and numerical Riemann-Hilbert method, each of mathematical or physical significance or both.
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Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
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Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 256 mm
Width: 177 mm
Thickness: 27 mm
Weight
836 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-61197-419-5 (9781611974195)
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Persons
Thomas Trogdon is an NSF Postdoctoral Fellow at the Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, New York University. He was awarded the 2014 SIAM Richard C. DiPrima Prize for his dissertation, which shares its title with this book. He has published in the fields of numerical analysis, approximation theory, optical physics, integrable systems, partial differential equations and random matrix theory. Sheehan Olver is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Mathematics and Statistics at the University of Sydney. Dr Olver was awarded the 2012 Adams Prize for his work on the numerical solution of Riemann-Hilbert problems. He has published in the fields of numerical analysis, approximation theory, integrable systems, oscillatory integrals, spectral methods and random matrix theory.
Content
Chapter 1: Classical Applications of Riemann-Hilbert Problems
Chapter 2: Riemann-Hilbert Problems
Chapter 3: Inverse Scattering and Nonlinear Steepest Descent
Chapter 4: Approximating Functions
Chapter 5: Numerical Computation of Cauchy Transforms
Chapter 6: The Numerical Solution of Riemann-Hilbert Problems
Chapter 7: Uniform Approximation Theory for Riemann-Hilbert Problems
Chapter 8: The Korteweg-de Vries and Modified Korteweg-de Vries Equations
Chapter 9: The Focusing and Defocusing Nonlinear Schroedinger Equations
Chapter 10: The Painleve II Transcendents
Chapter 11: The Finite-Genus Solutions of the Korteweg-de Vries Equation
Chapter 12: The Dressing Method and Nonlinear Superposition
Appendix A: Function Spaces and Functional Analysis
Appendix B: Fourier and Chebyshev Series
Appendix C: Complex Analysis
Appendix D: Rational Approximation
Appendix E: Additional KdV Results.
Chapter 2: Riemann-Hilbert Problems
Chapter 3: Inverse Scattering and Nonlinear Steepest Descent
Chapter 4: Approximating Functions
Chapter 5: Numerical Computation of Cauchy Transforms
Chapter 6: The Numerical Solution of Riemann-Hilbert Problems
Chapter 7: Uniform Approximation Theory for Riemann-Hilbert Problems
Chapter 8: The Korteweg-de Vries and Modified Korteweg-de Vries Equations
Chapter 9: The Focusing and Defocusing Nonlinear Schroedinger Equations
Chapter 10: The Painleve II Transcendents
Chapter 11: The Finite-Genus Solutions of the Korteweg-de Vries Equation
Chapter 12: The Dressing Method and Nonlinear Superposition
Appendix A: Function Spaces and Functional Analysis
Appendix B: Fourier and Chebyshev Series
Appendix C: Complex Analysis
Appendix D: Rational Approximation
Appendix E: Additional KdV Results.