Semiclassical Soliton Ensembles for the Focusing Nonlinear Schrödinger Equation

Author:   Spyridon Kamvissis ,  Kenneth D.T-R McLaughlin ,  Peter D. Miller
Publisher:   Princeton University Press
Volume:   169
ISBN:  

9780691114828


Pages:   312
Publication Date:   07 September 2003
Format:   Paperback
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This book represents the first asymptotic analysis, via completely integrable techniques, of the initial value problem for the focusing nonlinear Schrodinger equation in the semiclassical asymptotic regime. This problem is a key model in nonlinear optical physics and has increasingly important applications in the telecommunications industry. The authors exploit complete integrability to establish pointwise asymptotics for this problem's solution in the semiclassical regime and explicit integration for the underlying nonlinear, elliptic, partial differential equations suspected of governing the semiclassical behavior. In doing so they also aim to explain the observed gradient catastrophe for the underlying nonlinear elliptic partial differential equations, and to set forth a detailed, pointwise asymptotic description of the violent oscillations that emerge following the gradient catastrophe.To achieve this, the authors have extended the reach of two powerful analytical techniques that have arisen through the asymptotic analysis of integrable systems: the Lax-Levermore-Venakides variational approach to singular limits in integrable systems, and Deift and Zhou's nonlinear Steepest-Descent/Stationary Phase method for the analysis of Riemann-Hilbert problems. In particular, they introduce a systematic procedure for handling certain Riemann-Hilbert problems with poles accumulating on curves in the plane. This book, which includes an appendix on the use of the Fredholm theory for Riemann-Hilbert problems in the Holder class, is intended for researchers and graduate students of applied mathematics and analysis, especially those with an interest in integrable systems, nonlinear waves, or complex analysis.

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Author:   Spyridon Kamvissis ,  Kenneth D.T-R McLaughlin ,  Peter D. Miller
Publisher:   Princeton University Press
Imprint:   Princeton University Press
Volume:   169
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.454kg
ISBN:  

9780691114828


ISBN 10:   069111482
Pages:   312
Publication Date:   07 September 2003
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  College/higher education ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand   Availability explained
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Language:   English

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Overall, this ... book [gives] a deep insight into the application of inverse scattering to equation... Most of the current books on solution theory tend to focus mainly on inverse scattering for the KdV equation, so a book that concentrates solely on the NLS equation is refreshing. -- Peter Clarkson Bulletin of the London Mathematical Society


Overall, this ... book [gives] a deep insight into the application of inverse scattering to equation... Most of the current books on solution theory tend to focus mainly on inverse scattering for the KdV equation, so a book that concentrates solely on the NLS equation is refreshing. -- Peter Clarkson, Bulletin of the London Mathematical Society


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Spyridon Kamvissis is a researcher at the Max Planck Institute of Mathematics in Bonn, Germany, and a Professor of Mathematics at the National Technical University in Athens, Greece. Kenneth D. T-R McLaughlin is Associate Professor of Mathematics at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Peter D. Miller is Assistant Professor of Mathematics at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.

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