Solitary waves: Physical aspects and mathematical results

Rendiconti del Seminario Matematico

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 107-154

  Badiale, M ^c   Benci, V ^a,b   Rolando, S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b Centro Interdisciplinare per lo Studio dei Sistemi Complessi (CISSC)   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

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