Approach to equilibrium for the coagulation-fragmentation equation via a lyapunov functional

Mathematical Methods in the Applied Sciences

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 171-185

  Stewart, I W ^a   Dubovskii, P B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^b Obninsk State Technical University for Nuclear Power Engineering   (Russian Federation)

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EID: 0012944367     PISSN: 01704214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1476(199602)19:3<171::AID-MMA765>3.0.CO;2-7     Document Type: Article

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