Symmetries and exact solutions of a (2 + 1)-dimensional sine-Gordon system

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 354, Issue 1713, 1996, Pages 1807-1835

  Clarkson, Peter A ^a   Mansfield, Elizabeth L ^a   Milne, Alice E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

^b SILSOE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 3142603472     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.1996.0079     Document Type: Article

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