- In
mathematics and physics, a
soliton is a nonlinear, self-reinforcing,
localized wave
packet that is
strongly stable, in that it
preserves its shape...
- Look up
soliton in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A
soliton is a type of self-reinforcing
solitary wave.
Soliton may also
refer to:
Soliton (optics)...
- A
gravitational soliton is a
soliton solution of the
Einstein field equation. It can be
separated into two kinds, a
soliton of the
vacuum Einstein field...
- A
soliton distribution is a type of
discrete probability distribution that
arises in the
theory of
erasure correcting codes,
which use
information redundancy...
- a
vector soliton is a
solitary wave with
multiple components coupled together that
maintains its
shape during propagation.
Ordinary solitons maintain...
-
equation attracted a lot of
attention in the 1970s due to the
presence of
soliton solutions, and is an
example of an
integrable PDE.
Among well-known integrable...
- In
mathematics and physics,
solitons,
topological solitons and
topological defects are
three closely related ideas, all of
which signify structures in...
-
Riemannian manifold ( M , g ) {\displaystyle (M,g)} is
called a
Ricci soliton if, and only if,
there exists a
smooth vector field V {\displaystyle V}...
- In
quantum biology, the
Davydov soliton (after the
Soviet Ukrainian physicist Alexander Davydov) is a
quasiparticle representing an
excitation propagating...
- In optics, the term
soliton is used to
refer to any
optical field that does not
change during propagation because of a
delicate balance between nonlinear...
