Analytical solutions to a quasilinear differential equation related to the Lane-Emden equation of the second kind

Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy

Volumn 109, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 137-145

  van Gorder, Robert A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bonnor Ebert gas spheres; Lane Emden equation of the second kind; Perturbation method; Quasilinear differential equation; expansion method

Indexed keywords

EID: 79251626328     PISSN: 09232958     EISSN: 15729478     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10569-010-9318-y     Document Type: Article

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