ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
The authors wish to thank Lowy Gunnewiek from Hatch for his support and for the useful
discussions and comments. The kindness of Professor Daniel Marceau from Université du
Québec à Chicoutimi is also acknowledged, for providing us with an access to his numerical
computing facilities. Finally we thank the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of
Canada (NSERC) and REGAL for the granted partial financial assistance.
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