Contributions to the Theory of Waves in Non-linear Dispersive Systems

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DOI10.1007/978-3-642-87025-5_17zbMath0218.76015OpenAlexW2006551339MaRDI QIDQ5623378

James Lighthill

Publication date: 1965

Published in: Hyperbolic Equations and Waves (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1093/imamat/1.3.269




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