A note on Hamilton's principle for perfect fluids

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DOI10.1017/S0022112070001660zbMath0198.58901MaRDI QIDQ5596663

Francis Bretherton

Publication date: 1970

Published in: Journal of Fluid Mechanics (Search for Journal in Brave)




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