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Graduate students in the natural sciences-including not only geophysics and space physics but also atmospheric and planetary physics, ocean sciences, and astronomy-need a broad-based mathematical toolbox to facilitate their research. In addition, they need to survey a wider array of mathematical methods that, while outside their particular areas of expertise, are important in related ones. While it is unrealistic to expect them to develop an encyclopedic knowledge of all the methods that are out there, they need to know how and where to obtain reliable and effective insights into these broader areas. Here at last is a graduate textbook that provides these students with the mathematical skills they need to succeed in today's highly interdisciplinary research environment. This authoritative and accessible book covers everything from the elements of vector and tensor analysis to ordinary differential equations, special functions, and chaos and fractals. Other topics include integral transforms, complex analysis, and inverse theory; partial differential equations of mathematical geophysics; probability, statistics, and computational methods; and much more. Proven in the classroom, Mathematical Methods for Geophysics and Space Physics features numerous exercises throughout as well as suggestions for further reading. Provides an authoritative and accessible introduction to the subject Covers vector and tensor analysis, ordinary differential equations, integrals and approximations, Fourier transforms, diffusion and dispersion, sound waves and perturbation theory, randomness in data, and a host of other topics Features numerous exercises throughout Ideal for students and researchers alike an online illustration package is available to professors

Geophysics --- Cosmic physics --- Physics --- Space sciences --- Mathematics. --- Analytical mechanics. --- Applied mathematics. --- Atmospheric physics. --- Bessel function. --- Bifurcation theory. --- Calculation. --- Calculus of variations. --- Cartesian coordinate system. --- Cauchy's theorem (geometry). --- Celestial mechanics. --- Central limit theorem. --- Chaos theory. --- Classical electromagnetism. --- Classical mechanics. --- Classical physics. --- Convolution theorem. --- Deformation (mechanics). --- Degeneracy (mathematics). --- Diagram (category theory). --- Differential equation. --- Drag (physics). --- Earth science. --- Eigenvalues and eigenvectors. --- Einstein notation. --- Elliptic integral. --- Elliptic orbit. --- Equation. --- Expectation value (quantum mechanics). --- Figure of the Earth. --- Forcing function (differential equations). --- Fourier series. --- Fourier transform. --- Fractal dimension. --- Function (mathematics). --- Gaussian function. --- Geochemistry. --- Geochronology. --- Geodesics in general relativity. --- Geometry. --- Geophysics. --- Gravitational acceleration. --- Gravitational constant. --- Gravitational potential. --- Gravitational two-body problem. --- Hamiltonian mechanics. --- Handbook of mathematical functions. --- Harmonic oscillator. --- Helmholtz equation. --- Hilbert transform. --- Hyperbolic partial differential equation. --- Integral equation. --- Isotope geochemistry. --- Lagrangian (field theory). --- Laplace transform. --- Laplace's equation. --- Laws of thermodynamics. --- Limit (mathematics). --- Line (geometry). --- Lorenz system. --- Mathematical analysis. --- Mathematical geophysics. --- Mathematical physics. --- Newton's law of universal gravitation. --- Newton's laws of motion. --- Newton's method. --- Newtonian dynamics. --- Numerical analysis. --- Numerical integration. --- Operator (physics). --- Orbit. --- Orbital resonance. --- Parseval's theorem. --- Partial differential equation. --- Perturbation theory (quantum mechanics). --- Perturbation theory. --- Planetary body. --- Planetary science. --- Poisson's equation. --- Pole (complex analysis). --- Proportionality (mathematics). --- Quantum mechanics. --- Rotation (mathematics). --- Satellite geodesy. --- Scalar (physics). --- Scientific notation. --- Separatrix (mathematics). --- Sign (mathematics). --- Space physics. --- Statistical mechanics. --- Stokes' theorem. --- Three-dimensional space (mathematics). --- Transformation geometry. --- Trapezoidal rule. --- Truncation error (numerical integration). --- Two-dimensional space. --- Van der Pol oscillator. --- Variable (mathematics). --- Vector space. --- Wave equation.

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This book represents the first asymptotic analysis, via completely integrable techniques, of the initial value problem for the focusing nonlinear Schrödinger equation in the semiclassical asymptotic regime. This problem is a key model in nonlinear optical physics and has increasingly important applications in the telecommunications industry. The authors exploit complete integrability to establish pointwise asymptotics for this problem's solution in the semiclassical regime and explicit integration for the underlying nonlinear, elliptic, partial differential equations suspected of governing the semiclassical behavior. In doing so they also aim to explain the observed gradient catastrophe for the underlying nonlinear elliptic partial differential equations, and to set forth a detailed, pointwise asymptotic description of the violent oscillations that emerge following the gradient catastrophe. To achieve this, the authors have extended the reach of two powerful analytical techniques that have arisen through the asymptotic analysis of integrable systems: the Lax-Levermore-Venakides variational approach to singular limits in integrable systems, and Deift and Zhou's nonlinear Steepest-Descent/Stationary Phase method for the analysis of Riemann-Hilbert problems. In particular, they introduce a systematic procedure for handling certain Riemann-Hilbert problems with poles accumulating on curves in the plane. This book, which includes an appendix on the use of the Fredholm theory for Riemann-Hilbert problems in the Hölder class, is intended for researchers and graduate students of applied mathematics and analysis, especially those with an interest in integrable systems, nonlinear waves, or complex analysis.

Schrodinger equation. --- Wave mechanics. --- Equation, Schrödinger --- Schrödinger wave equation --- Electrodynamics --- Matrix mechanics --- Mechanics --- Molecular dynamics --- Quantum statistics --- Quantum theory --- Waves --- Differential equations, Partial --- Particles (Nuclear physics) --- Wave mechanics --- WKB approximation --- Schrödinger equation. --- Schrödinger, Équation de. --- Solitons. --- Abelian integral. --- Analytic continuation. --- Analytic function. --- Ansatz. --- Approximation. --- Asymptote. --- Asymptotic analysis. --- Asymptotic distribution. --- Asymptotic expansion. --- Banach algebra. --- Basis (linear algebra). --- Boundary (topology). --- Boundary value problem. --- Bounded operator. --- Calculation. --- Cauchy's integral formula. --- Cauchy's integral theorem. --- Cauchy's theorem (geometry). --- Cauchy–Riemann equations. --- Change of variables. --- Coefficient. --- Complex plane. --- Cramer's rule. --- Degeneracy (mathematics). --- Derivative. --- Diagram (category theory). --- Differentiable function. --- Differential equation. --- Differential operator. --- Dirac equation. --- Disjoint union. --- Divisor. --- Eigenfunction. --- Eigenvalues and eigenvectors. --- Elliptic integral. --- Energy minimization. --- Equation. --- Euler's formula. --- Euler–Lagrange equation. --- Existential quantification. --- Explicit formulae (L-function). --- Fourier transform. --- Fredholm theory. --- Function (mathematics). --- Gauge theory. --- Heteroclinic orbit. --- Hilbert transform. --- Identity matrix. --- Implicit function theorem. --- Implicit function. --- Infimum and supremum. --- Initial value problem. --- Integrable system. --- Integral curve. --- Integral equation. --- Inverse problem. --- Jacobian matrix and determinant. --- Kerr effect. --- Laurent series. --- Limit point. --- Line (geometry). --- Linear equation. --- Linear space (geometry). --- Logarithmic derivative. --- Lp space. --- Minor (linear algebra). --- Monotonic function. --- Neumann series. --- Normalization property (abstract rewriting). --- Numerical integration. --- Ordinary differential equation. --- Orthogonal polynomials. --- Parameter. --- Parametrix. --- Paraxial approximation. --- Parity (mathematics). --- Partial derivative. --- Partial differential equation. --- Perturbation theory (quantum mechanics). --- Perturbation theory. --- Pole (complex analysis). --- Polynomial. --- Probability measure. --- Quadratic differential. --- Quadratic programming. --- Radon–Nikodym theorem. --- Reflection coefficient. --- Riemann surface. --- Simultaneous equations. --- Sobolev space. --- Soliton. --- Special case. --- Taylor series. --- Theorem. --- Theory. --- Trace (linear algebra). --- Upper half-plane. --- Variational method (quantum mechanics). --- Variational principle. --- WKB approximation. --- Schrödinger, Équation de.