Hamiltonian dynamics of an elastica and the stability of solitary waves

Archive for Rational Mechanics and Analysis

Volumn 135, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 357-396

  Dichmann, D J ^a   Maddocks, J H ^a   Pego, R L ^a  

^a Bldg 142   (United States)

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EID: 0030298714     PISSN: 00039527     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02198477     Document Type: Article

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