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On Seliger and Whitham’s variational principle for hydrodynamic systems from the point of view of ‘fictitious particles’

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Casetta, L., Pesce, C.P. On Seliger and Whitham’s variational principle for hydrodynamic systems from the point of view of ‘fictitious particles’. Acta Mech 219, 181–184 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00707-010-0442-2

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