Solitons are the foundation of our digital world.
Solitons are fascinating special unique solutions of a small number of important partial differential equations (PDEs).
One particular set of coupled PDEs govern how electromagnetic waves travel.
Solitons are special because they are waves that, with the correct initial and boundary conditions, can travel a long distance, and pass through each other, without loss of energy or form.
These waves are ideal for generating the pulse for binary digital communications.
I researched the initial conditions for soliton solutions to Maxwell's equations in cables as the digital world was taking off.
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