Nonlinear partial differential equations in geometry and physics : the 1995 Barrett Lectures

Author(s)

• Baker, Garth
• Freire, Alexandre S.
• Barrett, John H.

Bibliographic Information

Nonlinear partial differential equations in geometry and physics : the 1995 Barrett Lectures

Garth Baker, Alexandre Freire, editors

（Progress in nonlinear differential equations and their applications / editor, Haim Brezis, v. 29）

Birkhäuser, c1997

• : sz
• : us

Note

Includes bibliographical references and index

This volume presents the proceedings of a series of lectures hosted by the Mathematics Department of The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, March 22-24, 1995, under the title "Nonlinear Partial Differential Equations in Geometry and Physics"

Description and Table of Contents

Description

The subject of nonlinear partial differential equations has seen a lot of research on systems underlying basic theories in geometry, topology and physics. These mathematical models share the property of being derived from variational principles. Understanding the structure of critical configurations and the dynamics of the corresponding evolution problems is important for the development of physical theories and their applications. This volume contains survey lectures in four different areas, delivered at the 1995 Barrett Lectures held at the University of Tennessee. The lectures are on: nonlinear hyperbolic systems arising in field theory and relativity; harmonic maps from Minkowski spacetime; dynamics of vortices in the Ginzburg-Landau model of superconductivity; and the Seiberg-Witten equations and their application to problems in four-dimensional topology. the text should prove useful to graduate students and researchers in mathematical physics, partial differential equations, differential geometry and topology.

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Details

• NCID: BA2954864X
• ISBN:
  • 9783764354930
  • 0817654933
• LCCN: 96051031
• Country Code: sz
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Basel
• Pages/Volumes: xi, 153 p.
• Size: 24 cm
• Classification:
  • NDC8 : 421.5
  • NDC8 : 413.65
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Geometry -- Congresses
  • LCSH : Differential equations, Nonlinear -- Congresses
  • LCSH : Mathematical physics -- Congresses
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA07303999