Nonlinear Dispersive Waves: Asymptotic Analysis and Solitons

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.