内容简介
ThebookisbasedontheHamiltonianinterpretationofthemethod,hencethetitle.MethodsofdifferentialgeometryandHamiitonianformalisminparticularareverypopularinmodernmathematicalphysics.ItispreciselythegeneralHamiltonianformalismthatpresentstheinversescatteringmethodinitsmostelegantform.Moreover,theHamiltonianformalismprovidesalinkbetweenclassicalandquantummechanics.Sothebookisnotonlyanintroductiontotheclassicalsolitontheorybutalsothegroundworkforthequantumtheoryofsolitons,tobediscussedinanothervolume.Thebookisaddressedtospecialistsinmathematicalphysics.Thishasdeterminedthechoiceofmaterialandthelevelofmathematicalrigour.Wehopethatitwillalsobeofinteresttomathematiciansofotherspecialitiesandtotheoreticalphysicistsaswell.Still,beingamathematicaltreatiseitdoesnotcontainapplicationsofsolitontheorytospecificphysicalphenomena.