Simple theories of complex lattices

Physica D: Nonlinear Phenomena

Volumn 123, Issue 1-4, 1998, Pages 403-424

  Peyrard, Michel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

Author keywords

Breather; Discreteness; Localization; Nonlinear lattice; Solitons

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001113493     PISSN: 01672789     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-2789(98)00139-0     Document Type: Article

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