Weierstrass Representations for Surfaces in 4D Spaces and Their Integrable Deformations via DS Hierarchy

Annals of Global Analysis and Geometry

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 61-74

  Konopelchenko, B G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALENTO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Integrable deformation; Weierstrass representation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0009801376     PISSN: 0232704X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006608908156     Document Type: Article

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