Spectral analysis of darboux transformations for the focusing NLS hierarchy

Journal d'Analyse Mathematique

Volumn 93, Issue , 2004, Pages 139-197

  Cascaval, Radu C ^a,b   Gesztesy, Fritz ^a   Holden, Helge ^c,d   Latushkin, Yuri ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^d SIMULA RESEARCH LABORATORY   (Norway)

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EID: 10044260869     PISSN: 00217670     EISSN: 15658538     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02789306     Document Type: Article

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