Systems of PDEs obtained from factorization in loop groups

Acta Applicandae Mathematicae

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 1-58

  Dorfmeister, J ^a   Gradl, H ^b   Szmigielski, J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Affine Lie algebras; Integrable systems of PDEs; Riemann Hilbert splitting

Indexed keywords

EID: 0039826449     PISSN: 01678019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1005947719355     Document Type: Article

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