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Contact Geometry and Nonlinear Differential Equations - Encyclopedia of Mathematics and its Applications Kushner, Alexei (Astrakhan State University, Russia)
Contact Geometry and Nonlinear Differential Equations - Encyclopedia of Mathematics and its Applications
Kushner, Alexei (Astrakhan State University, Russia)
Explains how to solve highly non-trivial nonlinear partial and ordinary differential equations using methods from contact and symplectic geometry. Combining the clarity and accessibility of an advanced textbook with the completeness of an encyclopedia, it contains applications to problems ranging from Lie's classification problem to analysis of laser beams.
518 pages, 58 b/w illus. 30 tables
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | December 21, 2006 |
| ISBN13 | 9780521824767 |
| Publishers | Cambridge University Press |
| Pages | 518 |
| Dimensions | 162 × 241 × 32 mm · 857 g |
| Language | English |
| Series Editor | Doran, B. |
| Series Editor | Flajolet, Philippe |
| Series Editor | Ismail, M. |
| Series Editor | Lam, T. Y. |
| Series Editor | Lutwak, E. |
| Series Editor | Rota, G.-c. |
| Series Editor | Wutwak, E. |