Short-wavelength instabilities of Riemann ellipsoids

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

Volumn 354, Issue 1709, 1996, Pages 927-950

  Lebovitz, Norman R ^a   Lifschitz, Alexander ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

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EID: 3242748402     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.1996.0037     Document Type: Article

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