Linearizing mappings for certain nonlinear diffusion equations

Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and General

Volumn 31, Issue 29, 1998, Pages 6293-6307

  Sophocleous, Christodoulos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CYPRUS   (Cyprus)

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EID: 0032563058     PISSN: 03054470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0305-4470/31/29/018     Document Type: Article

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