Olivier Babelon has been a member of the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) since 1978. He works at the Laboratoire de Physique Théorique et Hautes Energies (LPTHE) at the University of Paris VI-Paris VII. His main fields of interest are particle physics, gauge theories and integrables systems. Denis Bernard has been a member of the CNRS since 1988. He currently works at the Service de Physique Théorique de Saclay. His main fields of interest are conformal field theories and integrable systems, and other aspects of statistical field theories, including statistical turbulence. Michel Talon has been a member of the CNRS since 1977. He works at the LPTHE at the University of Paris VI-Paris VII. He is involved in the computation of radiative corrections and anomalies in gauge theories and integrable systems.

• 1. Introduction; 2. Integrable dynamical systems; 3. Synopsis of integrable systems; 4. Algebraic methods; 5. Analytical methods; 6. The closed Toda chain; 7. The Calogero-Moser model; 8. Isomonodromic deformations; 9. Grassmannian and integrable hierarchies; 10. The KP hierarchy; 11. The KdV hierarchy; 12. The Toda field theories; 13. Classical inverse scattering method; 14. Symplectic geometry; 15. Riemann surfaces; 16. Lie algebras; Index.

'This monograph provides a thorough introduction to the theory of classical integrable systems … The book contains many worked examples and is suitable for use as a textbook on graduate courses. For researchers already working in this field this book is a valuable source of information which provides an excellent overview of the established results and the present developments.' Zentralblatt MATH