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Radially symmetric solutions of a Monge-Ampère equation arising in a reflector mapping problem

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  1. Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, Emory University, 30322, Atlanta, Georgia

    V. Oliker & P. Waltman

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Oliker, V., Waltman, P. (1987). Radially symmetric solutions of a Monge-Ampère equation arising in a reflector mapping problem. In: Knowles, I.W., Saitō, Y. (eds) Differential Equations and Mathematical Physics. Lecture Notes in Mathematics, vol 1285. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0080616

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