The eigenvalue problem for the focusing nonlinear Schrödinger equation: New solvable cases

Physica D: Nonlinear Phenomena

Volumn 146, Issue 1-4, 2000, Pages 150-164

  Tovbis, Alexander ^a   Venakides, Stephanos ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Focusing nonlinear Schr dinger equation; Hypergeometric functions; Semi classical limit; Zakharov Shabat eigenvalue problem

Indexed keywords

EID: 0039741902     PISSN: 01672789     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-2789(00)00126-3     Document Type: Article

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