Inverse scattering transform for the Toda hierarchy with quasi-periodic background

Egorova, Iryna; Michor, Johanna; Teschl, Gerald

doi:10.1090/S0002-9939-06-08668-0

Inverse scattering transform for the Toda hierarchy with quasi-periodic background
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Abstract:

We provide a rigorous treatment of the inverse scattering transform for the entire Toda hierarchy in the case of a quasi-periodic finite-gap background solution.

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