Counterexamples to Parker's theorem

Journal of Mathematical Physics

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 2043-2057

  Bogoyavlenskij, Oleg I ^a,b  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b STEKLOV MATHEMATICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

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EID: 0034347165     PISSN: 00222488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.533225     Document Type: Article

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