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Peter A. Clarkson   

Peter A. CLARKSON

Ph.D., Professor

Born: 9th May 1957

Education and Degree:

  • B.A., July 1979, Mathematics, University of Oxford, UK;
  • D.Phil., July 1983, Mathematics, University of Oxford, UK

Current Professional Status:

  • Professor of Mathematics, Institute of Mathematics, Statistics and Actuarial Science, University of Kent, Canterbury, UK

Editorial Board Membership:

Areas of Expertise:

  • soliton theory, the Painlevé equations, Painlevé analysis;
  • classical, direct, and nonclassical symmetry reductions and exact solutions of nonlinear partial differential equations;
  • asymptotics, Bäcklund transformations, connection formulae and exact solutions for nonlinear ordinary differential and difference equations;
  • symbolic manipulation programmes for symmetry analysis;
  • reductions of the self-dual Yang-Mills equations

Author:

  • 5 books;
  • more than 100 research papers

Selected Publications (Books):

  1. M. J. Ablowitz and P. A. Clarkson, Solitons, Nonlinear Evolution Equations and Inverse Scattering, London Mathematical Society Lecture Note Series, Vol. 149, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1991.
  2. P. A. Clarkson (Editor), Applications of Analytic and Geometric Methods to Nonlinear Differential Equations, NATO Advanced Study Institute Series C: Mathematical and Physical Sciences, Vol. 413, Kluwer, Dordrecht, 1993.
  3. J. A. Tuszynski, J. M. Dixon and P. A. Clarkson, From Non-linearity to Coherence: Universal features of nonlinear behaviour in many-body physics, Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1997.
  4. P. A. Clarkson and F. W. Nijhoff (Editors), Symmetries and Integrability of Difference Equations, London Mathematical Society Lecture Note Series, Vol. 255, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1999.
  5. M. J. Ablowitz and P. A. Clarkson (Editors), Solitons and Symmetries, Special issue of Journal of Engineering Mathematics, Kluwer, Dordrecht, Vol. 36, Issue 1/2, 1999.

Mailing Address:

Institute of Mathematics, Statistics and Actuarial Science
University of Kent
Canterbury, Kent, CT2 7NF
United Kingdom


E-mail: P.A.Clarkson@kent.ac.uk
Home page: http://www.kent.ac.uk/IMS/people/pac3/

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Solitons, Nonlinear Evolution Equations and Inverse Scattering

Applications of Analytic and Geometric Methods to Nonlinear Differential Equations

Symmetries and Integrability of Difference Equations

Solitons and Symmetries, Special issue of Journal of Engineering Mathematics