## Duke Mathematical Journal

### Hamiltonian structure for the modulation equations of a sine-Gordon wavetrain

#### Article information

Source
Duke Math. J. Volume 55, Number 4 (1987), 949-983.

Dates
First available in Project Euclid: 20 February 2004

http://projecteuclid.org/euclid.dmj/1077306308

Digital Object Identifier
doi:10.1215/S0012-7094-87-05548-7

Mathematical Reviews number (MathSciNet)
MR916131

Zentralblatt MATH identifier
0668.35064

Subjects
Primary: 58F07
Secondary: 35Q20: Boltzmann equations 58F05

#### Citation

Ercolani, N.; Forest, M. G.; McLaughlin, D. W.; Montgomery, R. Hamiltonian structure for the modulation equations of a sine-Gordon wavetrain. Duke Math. J. 55 (1987), no. 4, 949--983. doi:10.1215/S0012-7094-87-05548-7. http://projecteuclid.org/euclid.dmj/1077306308.

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