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[For the entire collection see Zbl 0701.00015.] The authors continue their studies of the Davey-Stewartson I equation (DSI) (in light-cone coordinates \(\xi=x+y\), \(\eta=x-y)\) namely \[ iq_ t+q_{\xi\xi}+q_{\eta\eta}+(U_ 1+U_ 2)q=0,\quad q=q(\xi,\eta,t), \] \[ U_{1\xi}=-{\varepsilon\over 2}(| q|^ 2)_ \eta,\quad U_{2\eta}=-{\varepsilon\over 2}(| q|^ 2)_ \xi,\quad \varepsilon=\pm 1, \] which is an integrable \(2+1\) dimensional generalization of the celebrated nonlinear Schrödinger equation \(iq_ t+q_{xx}-\varepsilon| q|^ 2q=0\), \(q=q(x,t)\). They show that in a fluid dynamical context DSI describes the evolution of waves of slowly varying amplitude \(q\) on a two dimensional water surface under gravity and surface tension. They also use Bäcklund transformation to obtain non dispersive exponentially localized solutions of DSI. The authors call the localized coherent structures of DSI dromions to emphasize that they travel on the tracks (in ancient greek dromos); they represent a new manifestation in nonlinear phenomena and they are nonlinear distorsions of the linear modes of the linearized DSI equation; The authors conclude that dromions can be driven everywhere in the \((\xi,\eta)\) plane choosing a suitable motion of the boundaries; the price payed for this important freedom is that dromions radiate energy if their motion is not uniform.