Introduction -- Notation -- Evolutionary equations. Results on existance: The (generalized Korteweg-de Vries equation (KdVE); The nonlinear Schrödinger equation (NLSE); On the blowing up of solutions; Additional remarks -- Stationary problems: Existence of solutions. An ODE approach; Existence of solutions. A variational method; The concentration-compactness method of P.L. Lions; On basis properties of systems of solutions; Additional remarks -- Stability of solutions: Stability of soliton-like solutions; Stability of kinks for the KdVE; Stability of solutions of the NLSE nonvanishing as (x) to infinity; Additional remarks -- Invariant measures: On Gaussian measures in Hilbert spaces; An invariant measure for the NLSE; An infinite series of invariant measures for the KdVE; Additional remarks -- Bibliography -- Index.

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