Derivation of particle, string, and membrane motions from the Born-Infeld electromagnetism

Journal of Mathematical Physics

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2005, Pages

  Brenier, Yann ^a   Yong, Wen An ^b  

^a INSTITUT NON LINÉAIRE DE NICE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

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EID: 21844464304     PISSN: 00222488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1925248     Document Type: Article

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