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Bäcklund transformations

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  • Contact Transformation
  • Inverse Scatter Problem
  • Backlund Transformation
  • Pfaffian System
  • Ernst Equation

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Dodd, R.K., Morris, H.C. (1980). Bäcklund transformations. In: Martini, R. (eds) Geometrical Approaches to Differential Equations. Lecture Notes in Mathematics, vol 810. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0089974

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