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Some comments on Bäcklund transformations, canonical transformations, and the inverse scattering method

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Bäcklund Transformations, the Inverse Scattering Method, Solitons, and Their Applications

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Flaschka, H., McLaughlin, D.W. (1976). Some comments on Bäcklund transformations, canonical transformations, and the inverse scattering method. In: Miura, R.M. (eds) Bäcklund Transformations, the Inverse Scattering Method, Solitons, and Their Applications. Lecture Notes in Mathematics, vol 515. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0081172

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