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The efficiency of cycles of finite period

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Communicated by M. E. Gurtin

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Day, W.A. The efficiency of cycles of finite period. Arch. Rational Mech. Anal. 103, 369–387 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00251446

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