Lagrangian particle paths and ortho-normal quaternion frames

Nonlinearity

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1745-1759

  Gibbon, J D ^a   Holm, D D ^a,b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

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EID: 34250689957     PISSN: 09517715     EISSN: 13616544     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0951-7715/20/7/010     Document Type: Article

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