Recursion in curve geometry

New York Journal of Mathematics

Volumn 5, Issue , 1999, Pages 25-51

  Langer, Joel ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Curves; Localized induction hierarchy; Solitons

Indexed keywords

EID: 0009021315     PISSN: 10769803     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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