Line singularities in wave fields

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 355, Issue 1731, 1997, Pages 2065-2069

  Nye, J F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 3042999725     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.1997.0107     Document Type: Article

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