There are two approaches in the study of differential equations of field theory. The first, finding closed-form solutions, works only for a narrow category of problems. Written by a well-known active researcher, this book focuses on the second, which is to investigate solutions using tools from modern nonlinear analysis.

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Preface Primer of Field Theory Sigma Models Multiple Instantons and Characteristic Classes Generalized Abelian Higgs Equations Chern-Simons Systems: Abelian Case Chern-Simons Systems: Non-Abelian Case Electroweak Vortices Dyons Ordinary Differential Equations Strings in Cosmology Vortices and Antivortices Born-Infeld Solutions References Bibliography * Index