On semiclassical (zero dispersion limit) solutions of the focusing nonlinear Schrödinger equation

Communications on Pure and Applied Mathematics

Volumn 57, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 877-985

  Tovbis, Alexander ^a   Venakides, Stephanos ^b   Zhou, Xin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 2942535891     PISSN: 00103640     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cpa.20024     Document Type: Article

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