Solutions to Nonlinear Partial Differential Equations from Symmetry-Enhancing and Symmetry-Preserving Constraints

Journal of Mathematical Analysis and Applications

Volumn 238, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 369-384

  Goard, Joanna ^a   Broadbridge, Philip ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

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EID: 0347038984     PISSN: 0022247X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmaa.1999.6505     Document Type: Article

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