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The Tau-Function

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Takhtajan, L.A. (2006). FREE BOSONS AND DISPERSIONLESS LIMIT OF HIROTA TAU-FUNCTION. In: Faddeev, L., Van Moerbeke, P., Lambert, F. (eds) Bilinear Integrable Systems: From Classical to Quantum, Continuous to Discrete. NATO Science Series, vol 201. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-3503-6_26

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