Symmetry, invariants, topology. Basic tools

Physics Report

Volumn 341, Issue 1-6, 2001, Pages 11-84

  Michel, L ^a   Zhilinskii B I ^b  

^a INSTITUT DES HAUTES ÉTUDES SCIENTIFIQUES   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU LITTORAL CÔTE D OPALE   (France)

Author keywords

03.65.Fd; 31.15.Md; Critical orbits; Group actions; Invariant polynomials; Morse theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 0003042599     PISSN: 03701573     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0370-1573(00)00088-0     Document Type: Review

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