Point vortices on a sphere: Stability of relative equilibria

Journal of Mathematical Physics

Volumn 39, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 5894-5907

  Pekarsky, Sergey ^a   Marsden, Jerrold E ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 0032358932     PISSN: 00222488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.532602     Document Type: Article

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