Nonlinear wave dynamics: From lasers to fluids
Pages: 923 - 955, Volume 4, Issue 5, October 2011

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Mark J. Ablowitz - Department of Applied Mathematics, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309-0526, United States (email)
Terry S. Haut - Department of Applied Mathematics, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309-0526, United States (email)
Theodoros P. Horikis - Department of Mathematics, University of Ioannina, Ioannina 45110, Greece (email)
Sean D. Nixon - Department of Applied Mathematics, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309-0526, United States (email)
Yi Zhu - Department of Applied Mathematics, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309-0526, United States (email)

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