Solitons from the Lagrangian perspective

Discrete and Continuous Dynamical Systems

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 469-481

  Constantin, Adrian ^a,b  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Particle trajectory; Solitary wave; Soliton

Indexed keywords

EID: 37349047161     PISSN: 10780947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3934/dcds.2007.19.469     Document Type: Conference Paper

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