Uniqueness in MHD in divergence form: Right nullvectors and well-posedness

Journal of Mathematical Physics

Volumn 43, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 6195-6208

  Van Putten, Maurice H P M ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 0036921452     PISSN: 00222488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1510174     Document Type: Article

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