scientific article; zbMATH DE number 699712

Publication date: 5 December 1994

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Statistical mechanics of random media, disordered materials (including liquid crystals and spin glasses) (82D30) Variational principles of physics (49S05) Research exposition (monographs, survey articles) pertaining to calculus of variations and optimal control (49-02)

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