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Bäcklund transformation of potentials of the Korteweg-devries equation and the interaction of solitons with cnoidal waves

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Bäcklund Transformations, the Inverse Scattering Method, Solitons, and Their Applications

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Wahlquist, H.D. (1976). Bäcklund transformation of potentials of the Korteweg-devries equation and the interaction of solitons with cnoidal waves. In: Miura, R.M. (eds) Bäcklund Transformations, the Inverse Scattering Method, Solitons, and Their Applications. Lecture Notes in Mathematics, vol 515. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0081167

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