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An SL(3)-Symmetrical F-Gordon equation:ZαB = 1/3 (eZ−e−2Z)

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An equation originally derived from non-relativistic ideal gasdynamics turns out to be reducible to a Lorentz invariant nonlinear version of the Klein-Gordon equation. We present its interacting soliton solutions, which are here constructed by means of a Bäcklund transformation, starting from the “vacuum”.

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Gaffet, B. (1988). An SL(3)-Symmetrical F-Gordon equation:ZαB = 1/3 (eZ−e−2Z). In: de Vega, H.J., Sánchez, N. (eds) Field Theory, Quantum Gravity and Strings. Lecture Notes in Physics, vol 246. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-16452-9_19

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