Nonlinear Waves and Dispersive Equations

  • Herbert Koch

    Universität Bonn, Germany
  • Pierre Raphaël

    Université de Nice Sophia Antipolis, France
  • Daniel Tataru

    University of California, Berkeley, USA
  • Monica Vișan

    UCLA, Los Angeles, USA
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Abstract

Nonlinear dispersive equations are models for nonlinear waves in a wide range of physical contexts. Mathematically they display an interplay between linear dispersion and nonlinear interactions, which can result in a wide range of outcomes from finite time blow-up to solitons and scattering. They are linked to many areas of mathematics and physics, ranging from integrable systems and harmonic analysis to fluid dynamics, geometry, general relativity and probability.

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Herbert Koch, Pierre Raphaël, Daniel Tataru, Monica Vișan, Nonlinear Waves and Dispersive Equations. Oberwolfach Rep. 14 (2017), no. 2, pp. 1681–1745

DOI 10.4171/OWR/2017/27