Super-diffusivity in a shear flow model from perpetual homogenization

Communications in Mathematical Physics

Volumn 227, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 281-302

  Ben Arous, Gérard ^a   Owhadi, Houman ^b  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

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EID: 0036591073     PISSN: 00103616     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002200200640     Document Type: Article

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