Exact traveling-wave solutions to bidirectional wave equations

International Journal of Theoretical Physics

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1547-1567

  Chen, Min ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0032378743     PISSN: 00207748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1026667903256     Document Type: Article

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