Monodromy of certain Painlevé-VI transcendents and reflection groups

Inventiones Mathematicae

Volumn 141, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 55-147

  Dubrovin, B ^a   Mazzocco, M ^a  

^a SISSA   (Italy)

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EID: 0034349066     PISSN: 00209910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00005790     Document Type: Article

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