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Contents of Fordy Wood file:///tmp/index.htm 1 of 2 02/25/04 12:07 University of Leeds School of Maths Pure Maths J.C. Wood ed. A.P. Fordy and J.C. Wood Harmonic maps and integrable systems Originally published in the series: Aspects of Mathematics, vol. E23, by Vieweg, Braunschweig/Wiesbaden, 1994; now out of print. Click on any chapter to obtain the postscript version. All papers are unchanged except as indicated Preface Introduction and background material Introduction , p. 3 AhistoricalintroductiontosolitonsandBäcklundtranformations , A.P. Fordy, p. 7 Harmonic maps into symmetric spaces and integrable systems, J.C. Wood, p. 29 The geometry of surfaces The affine Toda equations and miminal surfaces , J. Bolton and L. Woodward, p. 59 Equations (4.2) on p. 73 corrected Surfaces in terms of 2 by 2 matrices: Old and new integrable cases, A.I. Bobenko, p. 83 Pictures now included in file (in slightly different positions on page) Integrable systems, harmonic maps and the classical theory of solitons, M. Melko and I. Sterling, p. 129 Pictures now included in file as original Sigma and chiral models The principal chiral model as an integrable systemMMañasp 2-dimensional nonlinear sigma models: Zero curvature and Poisson structure, M. BordemannMForgerJLaartzandUSchäperp Sigma models in 2+1 dimensions , R.S. Ward, p. 193 The algebraic approach Infinite dimensional Lie groups and the two-dimensional Toda lattice, I. McIntosh, p. 205 Harmonic maps via Adler-Kostant-Symes theory, F.E. Burstall and F. Pedit, p. 221 Loop group actions on harmonic maps and their applications , M.A. Guest and Y. Ohnita, p. 273 Contents of Fordy Wood file:///tmp/index.htm 2 of 2 02/25/04 12:07 The twistor approach Twistors, nilpotent orbits and harmonic maps, P.Z. Kobak, p. 295 Index Index of terms used in the articles, p. 323 This page is maintained by J.C. Wood Last Updated 24 August 1998 . Contents of Fordy Wood file:///tmp/index.htm 1 of 2 02/25/04 12:07 University of Leeds School of Maths Pure Maths J.C. Wood ed. A.P. Fordy and J.C. Wood Harmonic maps and integrable systems Originally. Introduction and background material Introduction , p. 3 AhistoricalintroductiontosolitonsandBäcklundtranformations , A.P. Fordy, p. 7 Harmonic maps into symmetric spaces and integrable systems, J.C. Wood, . positions on page) Integrable systems, harmonic maps and the classical theory of solitons, M. Melko and I. Sterling, p. 129 Pictures now included in file as original Sigma and chiral models The