On universality of critical behavior in the focusing nonlinear Schrödinger equation, elliptic umbilic catastrophe and the Tritronquée solution to the Painlevé-I equation

Journal of Nonlinear Science

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 57-94

  Dubrovin, B ^a   Grava, T ^a   Klein, C ^b,c  

^a SISSA   (Italy)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

Author keywords

Gradient catastrophe; Nonlinear Schr dinger equation; Painlev equations

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867977715     PISSN: 09388974     EISSN: 14321467     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00332-008-9025-y     Document Type: Article

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