DYNAMIC BIFURCATION AND STABILITY IN THE RAYLEIGH-BÉNARD CONVECTION

Communications in Mathematical Sciences

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 159-183

  Ma, Tian ^a,b   Wang, Shouhong ^b  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 18244365484     PISSN: 15396746     EISSN: 19450796     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4310/CMS.2004.v2.n2.a2     Document Type: Article

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