On the long-time limit of semiclassical (zero dispersion limit) solutions of the focusing nonlinear Schrödinger equation: Pure radiation case

Communications on Pure and Applied Mathematics

Volumn 59, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1379-1432

  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: 33748300603     PISSN: 00103640     EISSN: 00103640     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cpa.20142     Document Type: Article

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