Euler's elastica and beyond

zbMath1209.37086MaRDI QIDQ983100

Shigeki Matsutani

Publication date: 28 July 2010

Published in: Journal of Geometry and Symmetry in Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

zbMATH Keywords

mKdV hierarchylemniscateEuler's elasticaquantized elastica

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Rods (beams, columns, shafts, arches, rings, etc.) (74K10) Completely integrable infinite-dimensional Hamiltonian and Lagrangian systems, integration methods, integrability tests, integrable hierarchies (KdV, KP, Toda, etc.) (37K10) KdV equations (Korteweg-de Vries equations) (35Q53) Statistical mechanics of polymers (82D60) Energy minimization in equilibrium problems in solid mechanics (74G65) Relations of infinite-dimensional Hamiltonian and Lagrangian dynamical systems with algebraic geometry, complex analysis, and special functions (37K20) Applications of variational problems in infinite-dimensional spaces to the sciences (58E50)

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