Stability of relative equilibria of point vortices on a sphere and symplectic integrators

Nuovo Cimento della Societa Italiana di Fisica C

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 793-802

  Marsden, J E ^a   Pekarsky, S ^a   Shkoller, S ^a,b  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b CENTER FOR NONLINEAR STUDIES   (United States)

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EID: 2242442567     PISSN: 20374909     EISSN: 18269885     Source Type: Journal    
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