On the solution of Falkner-Skan equations

Journal of Mathematical Analysis and Applications

Volumn 285, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 264-274

  Padé, Offer ^a  

^a R and D Missile Division   (Israel)

Author keywords

Boundary layers; Fixed point; Ordinary differential equations

Indexed keywords

EID: 0141515693     PISSN: 0022247X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-247X(03)00402-5     Document Type: Article

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