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Painleve tests, singularity structure and integrability

arXiv:nlin/0502017

Abstract

After a brief introduction to the Painlevé property for ordinary differential equations, we present a concise review of the various methods of singularity analysis which are commonly referred to as Painlevé tests. The tests are applied to several different examples, and we discuss the connection between singularity structure and integrability for ordinary and partial differential equations.

Final version appears as Chapter 7 in Integrability, A.V. Mikhailov (ed.), Springer (2009)

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