Meromorphic solutions of difference equations, integrability and the discrete Painlevé equations

Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2007, Pages

  Halburd, R G ^a   Korhonen, R J ^b  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

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EID: 70449605867     PISSN: 17518113     EISSN: 17518121     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1751-8113/40/6/R01     Document Type: Review

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