On the asymptotic solutions of a class of ordinary differential equations of the fourth order, with special reference to an equation of hydrodynamics

Langer, Rudolph E.

doi:10.1090/S0002-9947-1957-0083637-0

On the asymptotic solutions of a class of ordinary differential equations of the fourth order, with special reference to an equation of hydrodynamics

Author: Rudolph E. Langer
Journal: Trans. Amer. Math. Soc. 84 (1957), 144-191
MSC: Primary 34.0X
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0002-9947-1957-0083637-0
MathSciNet review: 0083637
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