A new proof on axisymmetric equilibria of a three-dimensional Smoluchowski equation

Nonlinearity

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 2815-2825

  Zhou, Hong ^a   Wang, Hongyun ^b   Forest, M Gregory ^c   Wang, Qi ^d,e  

^a NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

^b University of California Santa Cruz   (United States)

^c University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^d FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e NANKAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

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EID: 26944494507     PISSN: 09517715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0951-7715/18/6/021     Document Type: Article

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