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We present a unified method for constructing generalized flag transformations of unitons into a Lie groupG via singular Darboux transformations. These flag transformations provide the possibility to establish some factorizations forG-unitons.
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Yuxin, D. On Darboux and singular Darboux transformations ofG-unitons. Sci. China Ser. A-Math. 45, 1497–1505 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1360/02ys9161
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