Blow-up similarity solutions of the fourth-order unstable thin film equation

European Journal of Applied Mathematics

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 195-231

  Evans, J D ^a   Galaktionov, V A ^a   King, J R ^b  

^a University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 34247860789     PISSN: 09567925     EISSN: 14694425     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0956792507006900     Document Type: Article

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