Nonlinear Waves and Weak Turbulence (Advances in the Mathematical Sciences, 36)

Six papers devoted to different aspects of the theory of nonlinear waves propagating in dispersive conservative media, which has developed over the past three decades to become an established part of mathematical physics. They emphasize weakly interacting waves on the surface of an ideal fluid, and Rossby waves in the atmosphere, and show how the theory is naturally related to such areas of mathematics as Diophantine equations, the differential geometry of waves, PoincarT normal forms, and the inverse scattering method. Member prices are $71 for institutions and $53 for individuals. No index. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.