THE PROPAGATION OF DISCONTINUITIES IN WAVE MOTION

DOI10.1073/pnas.42.11.872zbMath0072.30803OpenAlexW2059480053WikidataQ30500515 ScholiaQ30500515MaRDI QIDQ3235986

Peter D. Lax, Richard Courant

Publication date: 1956

Published in: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.42.11.872

zbMATH Keywords

Partial Differential EquationsPotential Theory

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