The point-vortex method for periodic weak solutions of the 2-D euler equations

Communications on Pure and Applied Mathematics

Volumn 49, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 911-965

  Schochet, Steven H ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

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EID: 0030520674     PISSN: 00103640     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0312(199609)49:9<911::AID-CPA2>3.0.CO;2-A     Document Type: Article

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