Existence and stability of 3-site breathers in a triangular lattice

Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and General

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1021-1030

  Koukouloyannis, Vassilis ^a   MacKay, Robert S ^b  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 13844281464     PISSN: 03054470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0305-4470/38/5/004     Document Type: Article

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