Potential symmetries of inhomogeneous nonlinear diffusion equations

Bulletin of the Australian Mathematical Society

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 507-521

  Sophocleous, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CYPRUS   (Cyprus)

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EID: 0034195643     PISSN: 00049727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0004972700022528     Document Type: Article

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