A note on the construction of the Ermakov-Lewis invariant

Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and General

Volumn 35, Issue 25, 2002, Pages 5333-5345

  Moyo, S ^a   Leach, P G L ^b  

^a DURBAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

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EID: 0037189241     PISSN: 03054470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0305-4470/35/25/312     Document Type: Article

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