Painleve Equations in the Differential Geometry of Surfaces, Paperback by Bob...

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Publisher: Springer Berlin / Heidelberg Language: English Series: Lecture Notes in Mathematics Ser. ISBN: 9783540414148 Type: Textbook Author: Ulrich Eitner, Alexander I. Bobenko Number of Pages: IV, 120 Pages Item Weight: 16 Oz width: 6.1 in Book Title: Painleve Equations in the Differential Geometry of Surfaces Format: Trade Paperback Subject Area: Mathematics, Science Publication Year: 2000 Item Width: 6.1 in Item Length: 9.3 in Subject: Geometry / Differential, Geometry / General, Physics / Mathematical & Computational, Mathematical Analysis Publication Name: Painleve Equations in the Differential Geometry of Surfaces

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Painleve Equations in the Differential Geometry of Surfaces, Paperback by Bob.... Painleve Equations in the Differential Geometry of Surfaces, Paperback by Bobenko, Alexander I.; Eitner, Ulrich, ISBN 3540414142, ISBN-13 9783540414148, Brand New, Free shipping in the US Since the time of surfaces -+ in differential Gauss, parametrized (x, y) P(x, y) have been described a frame attached to the moving geometry through TI(x, y) surface. One introduces the Gauss- which linear dif- Weingarten equations are , ferential equations = U = TIX T1, VT', !PY (1. for the and their condition frame, compatibility - = V + [U, V] 0, UY () which the Gauss-Codazzi For surfaces in three-dim- represents equations . a sional Euclidean the frame T1 lies in the usually or space, group SO(3) SU(2). On the other a of a non-linear in the form hand, representation equation () is the of the of of starting point theory integrable equations (theory solitons), which in mathematical in the 1960's appeared physics [NMPZ, AbS, CD, FT, More the differential for the coefficients of AbC]. exactly, partial equation () the matrices U and V is considered to be if these matrices can be integrable , extended to U V non-trivially a one-parameter family (x, y, A), (x, y, A) satisfying - = + U(A)y V(A). [U(A), V(A)] 0, (1-3) so that the differential is and original partial equation preserved.' . Usually U(A) V are rational functions of the which is called the (A) parameter A, spectral param- In soliton the eter is called the Lax . theory, representation () representation the Zakharov-Shabat or representation [ZS].