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In Haskell's formulation the dispersion equation is expressed by means of matrices, the elements of which are real or pure imaginary [2]. In the present paper different matrices have been found, which have only real elements.
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Novotný, O. On some modifications of Thomson-Haskell matrices for love waves. Stud Geophys Geod 17, 186–188 (1973). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01613691
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01613691