Recent Mathematical Methods in Nonlinear Wave Propagation : Lectures Given at the 1st Session of the Centro Internazionale Matematico Estivo (C.I.M.E.), Held in Montecatini Terme, Italy, May 23-31, 1994

These Lecture Notes Of The Courses Presented At The First Cime Session 1994 By Leading Scientists Present The State Of The Art In Recent Mathematical Methods In Nonlinear Wave Propagation. Contents: G. Boillat: Nonlinear Hyperbolic Fields And Waves -- C.m. Dafermos: The Theory Of Hyperbolic Conservation Laws -- P.d. Lax: Outline Of A Theory Of The Kdv Equation -- T.-p. Liu: Nonlinear Waves For Quasilinear-hyperbolic-parabolic Partial Differential Equations. G. Boillat ... [et Al.] ; Editor, T. Ruggeri. Includes Bibliographical References. These lecture notes of the courses presented at the first CIME session of 1994 consider the state of the art in mathematical models in nonlinear wave propagation