Quasi-continuum approximations to lattice equations arising from the discrete nonlinear telegraph equation

Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and General

Volumn 33, Issue 33, 2000, Pages 5925-5944

  Wattis, Jonathan A D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0034713953     PISSN: 03054470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0305-4470/33/33/311     Document Type: Article

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