Machine generated contents note: Preface; Acknowledgements; Part I. Fundamentals and Basic Applications: 1. Introduction; 2. Linear and nonlinear wave equations; 3. Asymptotic analysis of wave equations; 4. Perturbation analysis; 5. Water waves and KdV type equations; 6. Nonlinear Schrödinger models and water waves; 7. Nonlinear Schrödinger models in nonlinear optics; Part II. Integrability and Solitons: 8. Solitons and integrable equations; 9. Inverse scattering transform for the KdV equation; Part III. Novel Applications of Nonlinear Waves: 10. Communications; 11. Mode-locked lasers; 12. Nonlinear photonic lattices; References; Index.
Nonlinear dispersive waves : asymptotic analysis and solitons by Mark J. Ablowitz. ISBN 9781107664104. Published by Cambridge University Press in 2011. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.