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    Singularities & Dynamical Systems
    Singularities & Dynamical Systems
    Singularities & Dynamical Systems
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    Singularities & Dynamical Systems

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    This volume is an account of the lectures delivered at the international Conference ``Singularities and Dynamical Systems-83''. The main purpose of the Conference was to create conditions of scientific contact between mathematicians and physicists who have singularities and dynamical systems as common interests.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherElsevier Science
    Release dateJan 1, 1985
    ISBN9780080872148
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