23 Jul - 19 Dec 2001
Organisers: Professor JC Eilbeck (Heriot-Watt), Professor AV Mikhailov (Leeds), Professor PM Santini (Rome), Professor VE Zakharov (Moscow)
Organising
Committee: Antonio Degasperis (Rome); Andrew
Hone (Kent); Alexander Mikhailov (Leeds); Alexei Shabat (Landau
Institute).
Aims: The School is intended for young researchers (both postgraduates
and postdocs) working in the field of Integrable Systems and related areas.
World experts will provide a thorough introduction to the different definitions
of Integrability, through lectures supplemented with discussions, tutorials and
example classes. The aim is to emphasize the links between the various
approaches and points of view, resulting
in a synthesis of the many answers to the question “What is Integrability?”.
Topics: Symmetries and conservation laws. Painlevé approach.
Integrable quantum systems. Hirota's method. Geometric integrability. Approximate integrability & normal
forms. Testing for integrability.
Lecturers: M Ablowitz, P Clarkson, A Degasperis, J Hietarinta,
H Flaschka, Y Kodama, A Mikhailov, S Novikov, P Olver, T Miwa, A Shabat, V
Sokolov, J Sanders, P Winternitz, V Zakharov.
Location
and Cost: The Summer School
will take place at the Newton Institute and accommodation for participants will
be provided in single study bedrooms at Wolfson Court, a hall of residence
adjacent to the Institute. The workshop
package costs £600 which includes registration fee, accommodation, breakfast and dinner from dinner on Sunday
12 August 2001 until breakfast on Saturday 25 August 2001, and
lunches and refreshments on the days that lectures take place.
Support: The Euro Summer School is supported by the European Community
and funding is available to support a limited number of young (under 35 years
of age) researchers and overseas senior researchers who are nationals of EC
Member States or of the Associated States (Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway,
Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland,
Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Israel, Switzerland). Self-supporting participants
of any age and nationality are welcome to apply.