Wave Propagation: Lectures given at a Summer School of the Centro Internazionale Matematico Estivo (C.I.M.E.) held in Bressanone (Bolzano), Italy, June 8-17, 1980 (C.I.M.E. Summer Schools Book 81)

Lectures: A. Jeffrey: Lectures on nonlinear wave propagation.- Y. Choquet-Bruhat: Ondes asymptotiques.- G. Boillat: Urti.- Seminars: D. Graffi: Sulla teoria dell'ottica non-lineare.- G. Grioli: Sulla propagazione del calore nei mezzi continui.- T. Manacorda: Onde nei solidi con vincoli interni.- T. Ruggeri: ""Entropy principle"" and main field for a non linear covariant system.- B. Straughan: Singular surfaces in dipolar materials and possible consequences for continuum mechanics Many mathematicians from all over the world have been involved in a way or another in C.I.M.E.'s activities over the years. The main purpose and mode of functioning of the Centre may be summarised as follows: every year, during the summer, sessions on different themes from pure and applied mathematics are offered by application to mathematicians from all countries. A Session is generally based on three or four main courses given by specialists of international renown, plus a certain number of seminars, and is held in an attractive rural location in Italy Front Matter....Pages i-iii Lectures on Nonlinear Wave Propagation....Pages 7-97 Ondes Asyhptotiques....Pages 99-165 URTI....Pages 167-192 Sulla Teoria Dellfottica Non-Lineare....Pages 195-214 Sulla Propagazione del Calore Nei Mezzi Contxnui....Pages 215-230 Onde Nei Solidi Con Vincoli Intebni....Pages 231-255 “Entropy Principle” and Main Field for a Non Linear Covariant System....Pages 257-273 Singular Surfaces in Dipolar Materials and Possible Consequences for Continuum Mechanics....Pages 275-296 The aim of a C.I.M.E. session is to bring to the attention of younger researchers the origins, development, and perspectives of some very active branch of mathematical research. The topics of the courses are generally of international resonance. The full immersion atmosphere of the courses and the daily exchange among participants are thus an initiation to international collaboration in mathematical research. --Book Jacket C.I.M.E. stands for Centro Internazionale Matematico Estivo, that is, International Mathematical Summer Centre. Conceived in the early fifties, it was born in 1954 in Florence, Italy, and welcomed by the world mathematical community: it continues successfully, year for year, to this day