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Stakgold, I. (1986). Reaction-diffusion problems in chemical engineering. In: Fasano, A., Primicerio, M. (eds) Nonlinear Diffusion Problems. Lecture Notes in Mathematics, vol 1224. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0072689

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