Recent mathematical methods in nonlinear wave propagation. Lectures given at the 1st session of the Centro Internazionale Matematico Estivo (CIME), Montecatini Terme, Italy, May 23--31, 1994 (Q1126521)

The articles of this volume will be reviewed individually. Indexed articles: \textit{Boillat, Guy}, Nonlinear hyperbolic fields and waves, 1-47 [Zbl 0877.35080] \textit{Dafermos, C. M.}, Entropy and the stability of classical solutions of hyperbolic systems of conservation laws, 48-69 [Zbl 0878.35072] \textit{Lax, Peter D.}, Outline of a theory of the KdV equation, 70-102 [Zbl 0898.35089] \textit{Liu, Tai-Ping}, Nonlinear hyperbolic-dissipative partial differential equations, 103-136 [Zbl 0868.35072]