Why are solitons stable?

Bulletin of the American Mathematical Society

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-33

  Tao, Terencea ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 58649105782     PISSN: 02730979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1090/S0273-0979-08-01228-7     Document Type: Article

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