Point vortices on the sphere: A case with opposite vorticities

Nonlinearity

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 143-171

  Laurent Polz, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CÔTE D'AZUR   (France)

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EID: 0042385076     PISSN: 09517715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0951-7715/15/1/307     Document Type: Article

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