The second edition of a highly successful book on nonlinear waves, solitons and chaos.

This is a text for the third semester of undergraduate physics for students in accel erated programs who typicaHy are preparing for advanced degrees in science

Although the mathematical theory of nonlinear waves and solitons has made great progress, its applications to concrete physical problems are rather poor, especi

The field of nonlinear dispersive waves has developed enormously since the work of Stokes, Boussinesq and Korteweg–de Vries (KdV) in the nineteenth century. I

The mathematical modelling of changing structures in materials is of increasing importance to industry where applications of the theory are found in subjects as