On the structure of a family of quasilinear equations arising in shallow water theory

Mathematische Annalen

Volumn 312, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 403-416

  Constantin, Adrian ^a   Escher, Joachim ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KASSEL   (Germany)

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EID: 0032328853     PISSN: 00255831     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002080050228     Document Type: Article

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