Integrable systems 2. (From solitons to quantum groups)
| Code: |
F E12 |
| Department: |
Department
of Theoretical Physics |
| Course director: |
László Fehér |
| Credits: |
2 |
| Semester: |
not fixed |
| Hours/week: |
2+0 |
| Prerequisities: |
none |
| Type of assessment: |
B or K |
Course description:
These lectures touch upon the following three major topics:
Methods of construction and solution of non-linear soliton
equations. The ideas of the algebraic Bethe ansatz through illustrative examples. Introduction to quantum groups and
some of their applications.
Recommended Texts:
- Korepin V.E., Bogoliubov N.M., Izergin A.G.:
Quantum Inverse Scattering Method and Correlation Functions,
Cambridge University Press 1993.
- Chari V., Pressley A.:
A Guide to Quantum Groups,
Cambridge University Press 1994.
- Faddeev L.D., Takhtajan L.A.:
Hamiltonian Methods in the Theory of Solitons, Springer-Verlag 1987.
- Drazin P.G., Johnson R.S.: Solitons: an introduction,
Cambridge University Press 1989.
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