Solitons, Instantons, and Twistors, 2nd Edition, 9780198872542
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Order from chaos: Solitons, instantons, and twistor solutions unveiled.

Solitons, Instantons, and Twistors, 2nd Edition

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    416 pages

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    7 July 2024

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Summary

Most nonlinear differential equations arising in natural sciences admit chaotic behaviour and cannot be solved analytically. Integrable systems lie on the other extreme. They possess regular, stable, and well-behaved solutions known as solitons and instantons. These solutions play important roles in pure and applied mathematics as well as in theoretical physics where they describe configurations topologically different from vacuum.

While integrable equations in lower space-time dimens…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780198872542
ISBN-10:0198872542
Author:Maciej Dunajski
Publisher:Oxford University Press
Imprint:Oxford University Press
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:416
Edition:2nd
Release Date:7 July 2024
Weight:690g
Dimensions:234mm x 155mm x 20mm
Series:Oxford Graduate Texts in Mathematics
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Critics Review

The great strength of this volume is how self-contained it is in its approach, one seldom needs to look elsewhere before delving headfirst into this volume. In my own work, this text is often my first go-to choice whenever I require reference.A particular strength of the text is its firm modern introduction to integrability, as well as its gentle and instructive introduction to gravitational instantons and twistor theory. This text is suitable for a graduate-level reader base whose education has at least included a first course in quantum field theory and general relativity. * Kymani Armstrong-Williams, Physics Book Reviews *

About The Author

Maciej Dunajski

Maciej Dunajski is a Fellow of Clare College, and a Professor of Mathematical Physics at the Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, at the University of Cambridge. His research interests are in differential and projective Geometry, Solitons, and General Theory of Relativity. In 2021 he was awarded the Atiyah Fellowship by the London Mathematical Society. Dunajski is the winner of the 2023 Gravity Research Foundation Award, and the author of Geometry: A Very Short Introduction (OUP 2022).

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