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Interaction of Alfven waves in the vicinity of multiple characteristic roots is considered. The asymptotic behavior for solutions of the Cauchy problem for the linearized equations of magnetohydrodynamics with highly oscillating initial data is obtained.
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Kucherenko, V.V., Kryvko, A. Interaction of Alfven waves in the linearized system of magnetohydrodynamics for an incompressible ideal fluid. Russ. J. Math. Phys. 20, 56–67 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1061920813010068
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