ABSTRACT

This monograph has two main purposes, first to act as a companion volume to more advanced texts by gathering together the principal mathematical topics commonly used in developing scattering theories and, in so doing, provide a reasonable, self-contained introduction to linear and nonlinear scattering theory for those who might wish to begin working in the area. Secondly, to indicate how these various aspects might be applied to problems in mathematical physics and the applied sciences. Of particular interest will be the influence of boundary conditions.

chapter 1|10 pages

Introduction and outline of contents

chapter 2|54 pages

Analytical preliminaries

chapter 3|17 pages

Examples of scattering theory strategies

chapter 4|70 pages

Elements of spectral theory

chapter 5|17 pages

Some applications of semigroup theory

chapter 6|14 pages

More about wave operators

chapter 7|18 pages

Target scattering

chapter 8|21 pages

A scattering theory

chapter 9|18 pages

Nonlinear scattering theory

chapter 10|6 pages

Commentaries