The fourth Painlevé equation and associated special polynomials

Journal of Mathematical Physics

Volumn 44, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 5350-5374

  Clarkson, Peter A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0142257711     PISSN: 00222488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1603958     Document Type: Article

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