Menelaus' theorem, Clifford configurations and inversive geometry of the Schwarzian KP hierarchy

Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and General

Volumn 35, Issue 29, 2002, Pages 6125-6144

  Konopelchenko, B G ^a,b   Schief, W K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALENTO   (Italy)

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EID: 0037178657     PISSN: 03054470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0305-4470/35/29/313     Document Type: Article

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