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Author(s): Fritz Gesztesy and Helge Holden
Title: Soliton equations and their algebro-geometric solutions. Vol. I. $ (1+1)$-dimensional continuous models
Additional book information: Cambridge Studies in Advanced Mathematics, 79, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2003, xii+505 pp., 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
The copyright for this article reverts to public domain after 28 years from publication.




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