Integrability, Self-Duality, and Twistor Theory

by N.M.J. Woodhouse, L. Mason, Lionel J. Mason

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:...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198534981
• ISBN13: 9780198534983
• Release Date: January 1997
• Publisher: Clarendon Press
• Length: 376 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.2"