The Courant-Herrmann conjecture

ZAMM Zeitschrift fur Angewandte Mathematik und Mechanik

Volumn 83, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 275-281

  Gladwell, Graham M L ^a   Zhu, Hongmei ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Combination of modes; Membrane; Vibration

Indexed keywords

EID: 33748512416     PISSN: 00442267     EISSN: 15214001     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/zamm.200310034     Document Type: Article

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