Integrable Systems: Twistors, Loop Groups, and Riemann Surfaces

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N.J. Hitchin (Savilian Professor of Geometry at the University of Oxford) G. B. Segal (Emeritus Fellow of All Souls College, University of Oxford)

Integrable Systems

Twistors, Loop Groups, and Riemann Surfaces

N.J. Hitchin (Savilian Professor of Geometry at the University of Oxford), G. B. Segal (Emeritus Fellow of All Souls College, University of Oxford), R.S. Ward (Professor in the Department of Mathematical Sciences, Durham University)

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English

Oxford University Press
15 March 2013

Mathematics & Sciences; Numerical analysis; Algebraic geometry; Algebraic topology; Mathematical physics

Series: Oxford Graduate Texts in Mathematics

This textbook is designed to give graduate students an understanding of integrable systems via the study of Riemann surfaces, loop groups, and twistors. The book has its origins in a series of lecture courses given by the authors, all of whom are internationally known mathematicians and renowned expositors. It is written in an accessible and informal style, and fills a gap in the existing literature. The introduction by Nigel Hitchin addresses the meaning of integrability: how do we recognize an integrable system? His own contribution then develops connections with algebraic geometry, and includes an introduction to Riemann surfaces, sheaves, and line bundles. Graeme Segal takes the Kortewegde Vries and nonlinear Schrödinger equations as central examples, and explores the mathematical structures underlying the inverse scattering transform. He explains the roles of loop groups, the Grassmannian, and algebraic curves. In the final part of the book, Richard Ward explores the connection between integrability and the self-dual Yang-Mills equations, and describes the correspondence between solutions to integrable equations and holomorphic vector bundles over twistor space.

By: N.J. Hitchin (Savilian Professor of Geometry at the University of Oxford), G. B. Segal (Emeritus Fellow of All Souls College, University of Oxford), R.S. Ward (Professor in the Department of Mathematical Sciences, Durham University)
Imprint: Oxford University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Volume: 4
Dimensions: Height: 233mm, Width: 157mm, Spine: 9mm
Weight: 258g
ISBN: 9780199676774
ISBN 10: 0199676771
Series: Oxford Graduate Texts in Mathematics
Pages: 148
Publication Date: 15 March 2013
Audience: College/higher education , Further / Higher Education
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

1: Nigel Hitchin: Introduction 2: Nigel Hitchin: Riemann surfaces and integrable systems 3: Graeme Segal: Integrable systems and inverse scattering 4: Richard Ward: Integrable systems and twistors Index

Nigel Hitchin is Savilian Professor of Geometry at the University of Oxford Graeme Segal is Emeritus Fellow of All Souls College, University of Oxford Richard Ward is Professor in the Department of Mathematical Sciences, Durham University

Reviews for Integrable Systems: Twistors, Loop Groups, and Riemann Surfaces

The subject of the book is fascinating and written versions of the lecture series are nicley presented and preserve well the informal spirit of the lectures. This is a very useful book for graduate students and for mathematicians (or physicists) from other fields interested in the topic. EMS The lecturers cover an enormous amount of material, ranging from algeraic geometry and the theory of Riemann surfaces to loop groups, connections, Yang-Mills equations and twister theory. However despite this wide range, the book is surprisingly self-contained and readable. Bulletin of the London Mathematical Society