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Analytical approaches to the study of the sine-Gordon equation and pseudospherical surfaces

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Popov, A.G., Maevskii, E.V. Analytical approaches to the study of the sine-Gordon equation and pseudospherical surfaces. J Math Sci 142, 2377–2418 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10958-007-0183-5

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