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Motion of the edge of an ice sheet

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Translated from Issledovaniya po Prikladnoi Matematike, No. 10, pp. 150–154, 1984.

In conclusion, I would like to thank P. A. Shumskii and M. S. Krass for their critical comments, which substantially influenced the final version of the paper. I would also like to thank A. D. Lyashko and all the participants of his scientific seminar for useful comments and discussion of questions associated with the analysis of the equations (1)–(3).

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Salamatin, A.N. Motion of the edge of an ice sheet. J Math Sci 44, 672–675 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01095181

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