On the geometry of an integrable (2 + 1)-dimensional sine-Gordon system

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

Volumn 453, Issue 1963, 1997, Pages 1671-1688

  Schief, W K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

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EID: 33746844641     PISSN: 13645021     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspa.1997.0090     Document Type: Article

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