Solitons: An Introduction

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• Dr Anthony Ashton (DAMTP)
• Monday 28 January 2019, 20:30-21:30
• Winstanley Lecture Theatre, Trinity College.

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Solitons are a very special type of solution to some nonlinear, dispersive PDEs. I will discuss some of the history of solitons, as well as some of their remarkable properties. The talk should take us from canal boats to pseudospherical surfaces, with some mathematics in between.

This talk is part of the Trinity Mathematical Society series.

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