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Integrability, Self-Duality, and Twistor Theory

Integrability, Self-Duality, and Twistor Theory

Lionel J. Mason
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Many of the familiar integrable systems of equations are symmetry reductions of self-duality equations on a metric or on a Yang-Mills connection. For example, the Korteweg-de Vries and non-linear Schrodinger equations are reductions of the self-dual Yang-Mills equation. This book explores in detail the connections between self-duality and integrability, and also the application of twistor techniques to integrable systems. It supports two central theories: that the symmetries of self-duality equations provide a natural classification scheme for integrable systems; and that twistor theory provides a uniform geometric framework for the study of Backlund transformations, the inverse scattering method, and other such general constructions of integrability theory. The book will be useful to researchers and graduate students in mathematical physics.
Language
English
Pages
376
Format
Hardcover
Publisher
Clarendon Press
Release
January 30, 1997
ISBN
0198534981
ISBN 13
9780198534983

Integrability, Self-Duality, and Twistor Theory

Lionel J. Mason
0/5 ( ratings)
Many of the familiar integrable systems of equations are symmetry reductions of self-duality equations on a metric or on a Yang-Mills connection. For example, the Korteweg-de Vries and non-linear Schrodinger equations are reductions of the self-dual Yang-Mills equation. This book explores in detail the connections between self-duality and integrability, and also the application of twistor techniques to integrable systems. It supports two central theories: that the symmetries of self-duality equations provide a natural classification scheme for integrable systems; and that twistor theory provides a uniform geometric framework for the study of Backlund transformations, the inverse scattering method, and other such general constructions of integrability theory. The book will be useful to researchers and graduate students in mathematical physics.
Language
English
Pages
376
Format
Hardcover
Publisher
Clarendon Press
Release
January 30, 1997
ISBN
0198534981
ISBN 13
9780198534983

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