The string density problem and the Camassa-Hojm equation

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

Volumn 365, Issue 1858, 2007, Pages 2299-2312

  Beals, Richard ^a   Sattinger, David H ^a   Szmigielski, Jacek ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Camassa Holm equation; Multi peakon; Spectral problem; String density problem

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548275575     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2007.2010     Document Type: Article

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