Download or read book KdV & KAM written by Thomas Kappeler and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2003-05-19 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This text treats the Korteweg-de Vries (KdV) equation with periodic boundary conditions. This equation models waves in homogeneous, weakly nonlinear and weakly dispersive media in general. For the first time, these important results are comprehensively covered in book form, authored by internationally renowned experts in the field.