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Author(s): M. J. Ablowitz, B. Prinari and A. D. Trubatch
Title: Discrete and continuous nonlinear Schrödinger systems
Additional book information: Cambridge Univ. Press, Cambridge, 2004, ix+257, £38.00, 0-521-53437-2

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Reviewer(s):
P. G. Kevrekidis
Affiliation: University of Massachusetts
Email: kevrekid@math.umass.edu

MSC (2000): Primary 35Q55
DOI: 10.1090/S0273-0979-05-01074-8
PII: S 0273-0979(05)01074-8
Posted: July 8, 2005
Dedicated: The author was supported in part by NSF-DMS-0204585 and NSF-CAREER.
Copyright of article: Copyright 2005, American Mathematical Society
The copyright for this article reverts to public domain after 28 years from publication.

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