Motion of three point vortices on a sphere

Physica D: Nonlinear Phenomena

Volumn 116, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 143-175

  Kidambi, Rangachari ^a   Newton, Paul K ^a  

^a University of Southern California ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Hamiltonian system; Point vortex; Sphere

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000134383     PISSN: 01672789     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-2789(97)00236-4     Document Type: Article

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