The geometry of whips

Annals of Global Analysis and Geometry

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 281-305

  Preston, Stephen C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Inextensible chain; Nonlinear wave equation; Riemannian exponential map

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856637239     PISSN: 0232704X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10455-011-9283-z     Document Type: Article

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