Existence and uniqueness of solutions of an asymptotic equation arising from a variational wave equation with general data

Archive for Rational Mechanics and Analysis

Volumn 155, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 49-83

  Zhang, Ping ^a   Zheng, Yuxi ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0034359781     PISSN: 00039527     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s205-000-8002-2     Document Type: Article

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