Integrable systems and reductions of the self-dual Yang-Mills equations

Journal of Mathematical Physics

Volumn 44, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 3147-3173

  Ablowitz, M J ^a   Chakravarty, S ^b   Halburd, R G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0041728687     PISSN: 00222488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1586967     Document Type: Review

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