Introduction to Classical Integrable Systems (Cambridge Monographs on Mathematical Physics)
Cambridge University Press, 4/16/2003
EAN 9780521822671, ISBN10: 052182267X
Hardcover, 616 pages, 25.4 x 17.8 x 3.3 cm
Language: English
This book provides a thorough introduction to the theory of classical integrable systems, discussing the various approaches to the subject and explaining their interrelations. The book begins by introducing the central ideas of the theory of integrable systems, based on Lax representations, loop groups and Riemann surfaces. These ideas are then illustrated with detailed studies of model systems. The connection between isomonodromic deformation and integrability is discussed, and integrable field theories are covered in detail. The KP, KdV and Toda hierarchies are explained using the notion of Grassmannian, vertex operators and pseudo-differential operators. A chapter is devoted to the inverse scattering method and three complementary chapters cover the necessary mathematical tools from symplectic geometry, Riemann surfaces and Lie algebras. The book contains many worked examples and is suitable for use as a textbook on graduate courses. It also provides a comprehensive reference for researchers already working in the field.
1. Introduction
2. Integrable dynamical systems
3. Synopsis of integrable systems
4. Algebraic methods
5. Analytical methods
6. The closed Toda chain
7. The Calogero-Moser model
8. Isomonodromic deformations
9. Grassmannian and integrable hierarchies
10. The KP hierarchy
11. The KdV hierarchy
12. The Toda field theories
13. Classical inverse scattering method
14. Symplectic geometry
15. Riemann surfaces
16. Lie algebras
Index.