Dynamics of perturbed relative equilibria of point vortices on the sphere or plane

Journal of Nonlinear Science

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 401-415

  Patrick, G W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Collisions; Point vortex; Relative equilibria; Stability

Indexed keywords

EID: 0006453738     PISSN: 09388974     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003329910015     Document Type: Article

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