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Quarterly of Applied Mathematics

Quarterly of Applied Mathematics

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Approximate solutions to some static and dynamic optimal structural design problems


Author: Raymond H. Plaut
Journal: Quart. Appl. Math. 30 (1973), 535-539
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/qam/99713
MathSciNet review: QAM99713
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