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Bifurcation and symmetry breaking in applied mathematics
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  • Journal: Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 3 (1980), 779-819
  • MSC (1980): Primary 35B32, 35B35; Secondary 20C99, 76E15
  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0273-0979-1980-14823-5
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