Publisher's Synopsis
This book contains the texts of selected lectures delivered by leading international experts at the well-established weekly seminar held at the College de France. The main theme of the Seminar is recent work in the field of nonlinear partial differential equations - a field of growing importance both in pure and applied mathematics. The emphasis is laid on applications to numerous areas, including control theory, theoretical physics, fluid and continuum mechanics, free boundary problems, dynamical systems, scientific computing, numerical analysis and engineering. Volume X of the College de France Seminar proceedings will be of particular interest to postgraduate students and specialists in these areas.
