Stability of discrete breathers

Physica D: Nonlinear Phenomena

Volumn 119, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 148-162

  MacKay, R S ^a   Sepulchre, J A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0002685024     PISSN: 01672789     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-2789(98)00073-6     Document Type: Article

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