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Numbers in italics refer to sections (§)
or questions (Q) from the textbooks by
Drazin
and Johnson (DJ),
Manton and
Sutcliffe (MS), or
Dauxois and Peyrard (DP),
where you can
find out about the material to be covered.
| Week | Tuesday 9am MCS2068 | Friday 4pm MCS2068 |
| 1 |
1 Introduction 1.1 What is a soliton? The KdV equation DJ §1.1, §1.2; DP §1.1 |
Basic properties of solitons DJ §1.2, §1.3 1.2 The ball and box model |
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