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General decay rate estimates for viscoelastic wave equation with variable coefficients

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The authors study decay properties of solutions for a viscoelastic wave equation with variable coefficients and a nonlinear boundary damping by the differential geometric approach.

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Correspondence to Xiaomin Cao.

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This research was supported by the National Science Foundation of China under Grant Nos. 60225003, 60334040, 60221301, 60774025, 10831007, 61104129, 11171195, and the Excellent PhD Adviser Program of Beijing under Grant No. YB20098000101.

This paper was recommended for publication by Editor FENG Dexing.

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Cao, X., Yao, P. General decay rate estimates for viscoelastic wave equation with variable coefficients. J Syst Sci Complex 27, 836–852 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11424-014-1056-x

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