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Solitary-wave solutions for some model equations for waves in nonlinear dispersive media

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Bona, J.L., Bose, D.K., Benjamin, T.B. (1976). Solitary-wave solutions for some model equations for waves in nonlinear dispersive media. In: Germain, P., Nayroles, B. (eds) Applications of Methods of Functional Analysis to Problems in Mechanics. Lecture Notes in Mathematics, vol 503. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0088757

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