SINGULARITY FORMATION AND INSTABILITY IN THE UNSTEADY INVISCID AND VISCOUS PRANDTL EQUATIONS

Communications in Mathematical Sciences

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 293-316

  Hong, Lan ^a   Hunter, John K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 33746847637     PISSN: 15396746     EISSN: 19450796     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4310/CMS.2003.v1.n2.a5     Document Type: Article

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