Regularity of wave-maps in dimension 2 + 1

Communications in Mathematical Physics

Volumn 298, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 231-264

  Sterbenz, Jacob ^a   Tataru, Daniel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 77954035726     PISSN: 00103616     EISSN: 14320916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00220-010-1062-3     Document Type: Article

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