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Well-posed quasi-linear second-order hyperbolic systems with applications to nonlinear elastodynamics and general relativity

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    Thomas J. R. Hughes, Tosio Kato & Jerrold E. Marsden

  2. Department of Mathematics, University of California, Berkeley

    Thomas J. R. Hughes, Tosio Kato & Jerrold E. Marsden

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Hughes, T.J.R., Kato, T. & Marsden, J.E. Well-posed quasi-linear second-order hyperbolic systems with applications to nonlinear elastodynamics and general relativity. Arch. Rational Mech. Anal. 63, 273–294 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00251584

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