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Mikhailov, A. (2009). Introduction. In: Mikhailov, A.V. (eds) Integrability. Lecture Notes in Physics, vol 767. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-88111-7_1

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