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Nonlinear partial differential equations and bäcklund transformations related to the 4-dimensional self-dual Yang-Mills equations

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We write down without proof a class of integrable nonlinear partial differential equations containing as one of its members the 4-dimensional Yang-Mills equation together with its associated Darboux and Bäcklund transformations.

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The research reported in this letter has been partially supported by CNR grant No. 80.02459.02 and Nato grant No. 057.81.

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Bruschi, M., Levi, D. & Ragnisco, O. Nonlinear partial differential equations and bäcklund transformations related to the 4-dimensional self-dual Yang-Mills equations. Lett. Nuovo Cimento 33, 263–266 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02725447

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