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Book Information
Author(s):
Fritz Gesztesy and Helge Holden
Title:
Soliton equations and their algebro-geometric solutions. Vol. I.  -dimensional continuous models
Additional book information:
Cambridge Studies in Advanced Mathematics, 79, Cambridge University Press,
Cambridge,
2003,
xii+505,
US$117.00,
ISBN 0-521-75307-4
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Additional Information:
Reviewer(s):
Emma
Previato
Affiliation:
Boston University
Email:
ep@bu.edu
Review Information:
Journal:
Bull. Amer. Math. Soc.
45
(2008),
459-467.
MSC
(2000):
Primary 37K40;
Secondary 14H70, 34L05, 35Q53
DOI:
10.1090/S0273-0979-08-01179-8
PII:
S 0273-0979(08)01179-8
Posted:
January 7, 2008
Copyright of article:
Copyright
2008,
American Mathematical Society
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