Preface |
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1.2 Plasmas exist in nature |
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3 | (1) |
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4 | (1) |
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1.3 Concept of temperature |
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1.3.1 Existence of several temperatures |
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7 | (1) |
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1.3.2 Electron and ion temperatures |
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8 | (1) |
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1.3.3 Quasineutrality in plasma |
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8 | (1) |
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1.4 Debye length and Debye sphere |
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9 | (3) |
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12 | (1) |
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13 | (2) |
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1.7 Applications of plasma |
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15 | (1) |
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1.7.4 Industrial application |
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1.8 Fluid description of plasma |
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16 | (6) |
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17 | (1) |
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17 | (4) |
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21 | (1) |
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22 | (1) |
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23 | (16) |
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2.1 Introduction to dynamical systems |
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23 | (15) |
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2.1.1 One-dimensional system |
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23 | (1) |
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2.1.1.1 Equilibrium point and its stability |
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24 | (1) |
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2.1.1.2 Trajectory and phase portrait |
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24 | (1) |
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2.1.2 Linear stability analysis |
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24 | (2) |
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26 | (1) |
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27 | (1) |
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28 | (1) |
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2.1.5 Linear system in two-dimension |
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29 | (2) |
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31 | (1) |
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2.1.6 Phase plane analysis |
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32 | (1) |
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2.1.6.1 Nonlinear system in two-dimension |
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33 | (1) |
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2.1.6.2 Conservative system |
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34 | (1) |
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34 | (2) |
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36 | (1) |
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2.1.6.5 Hamiltonian system |
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37 | (1) |
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38 | (1) |
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39 | (49) |
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3.1 Introduction to wave modes |
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39 | (32) |
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3.1.1 Ion-acoustic (IA) waves |
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39 | (1) |
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3.1.2 Dust-acoustic (DA) waves |
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40 | (1) |
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3.1.3 Dust-ion-acoustic (DIA) waves |
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41 | (1) |
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42 | (4) |
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3.1.5 Electrostatic cyclotron waves |
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46 | (4) |
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50 | (6) |
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56 | (4) |
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3.2.2 The Burgers equation |
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60 | (3) |
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63 | (4) |
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3.2.4 The ZK and mZK equations |
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67 | (4) |
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3.3 Analytical wave solutions of evolution equations |
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3.3.1 Analytical wave solution of the KdV equation |
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71 | (2) |
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3.3.2 Analytical wave solution of the mKdV equation |
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73 | (2) |
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3.3.3 Analytical wave solution of the KP equation |
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75 | (2) |
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3.3.4 Analytical wave solution of the mKP equation |
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77 | (3) |
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3.3.5 Analytical wave solution of the ZK equation |
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80 | (2) |
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3.3.6 Analytical wave solution of the mZK equation |
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82 | (2) |
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3.3.7 Analytical wave solution of the Burgers equation |
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84 | (3) |
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87 | (1) |
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4 Bifurcation of Small Amplitude Waves in Plasmas |
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88 | (38) |
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88 | (1) |
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4.2 Bifurcation of ion-acoustic waves with small amplitude |
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89 | (7) |
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89 | (1) |
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4.2.2 Derivation of the KdV equation |
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90 | (1) |
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4.2.3 Formation of dynamical system |
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91 | (1) |
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4.2.4 Phase plane analysis |
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91 | (2) |
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93 | (3) |
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4.3 Bifurcation of dust-ion-acoustic waves with small amplitude |
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96 | (9) |
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4.3.1 Governing equations |
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96 | (2) |
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4.3.2 Derivation of the KP equation |
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98 | (1) |
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4.3.3 Formation of dynamical system and phase portraits |
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99 | (3) |
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102 | (3) |
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4.4 Bifurcation of dust-acoustic waves with small amplitude |
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105 | (8) |
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106 | (1) |
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4.4.2 Derivation of the Burgers equation |
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107 | (1) |
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4.4.3 Formation of dynamical system and phase portraits |
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108 | (1) |
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109 | (4) |
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4.5 Bifurcation of electron-acoustic waves with small amplitude |
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113 | (8) |
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114 | (1) |
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4.5.2 Derivation of the KdV equation |
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114 | (2) |
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4.5.3 Formation of dynamical system and phase portraits |
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116 | (1) |
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117 | (4) |
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121 | (5) |
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5 Bifurcation of Arbitrary Amplitude Waves in Plasmas |
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126 | (28) |
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126 | (1) |
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5.2 Bifurcation of ion-acoustic waves with arbitrary amplitude |
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127 | (5) |
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127 | (1) |
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5.2.2 Formation of dynamical system and phase portraits |
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127 | (4) |
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131 | (1) |
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5.3 Bifurcation of dust-ion-acoustic waves with arbitrary amplitude |
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132 | (8) |
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132 | (2) |
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5.3.2 Formation of dynamical system and phase portraits |
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134 | (5) |
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139 | (1) |
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5.4 Bifurcation of dust-acoustic waves with arbitrary amplitude |
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140 | (3) |
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140 | (1) |
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5.4.2 Formation of dynamical system and phase portraits |
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140 | (3) |
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143 | (1) |
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5.5 Bifurcation of electron-acoustic waves with arbitrary amplitude |
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143 | (9) |
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146 | (1) |
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5.5.2 Formation of dynamical system and phase portraits |
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146 | (3) |
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149 | (3) |
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152 | (2) |
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6 Bifurcation Analysis of Supernonlinear Waves |
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154 | (26) |
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6.1 Introduction: supernonlinear waves |
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154 | (1) |
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6.1.1 Different kind of trajectories |
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154 | (1) |
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6.2 Bifurcation of supernonlinear ion-acoustic waves |
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155 | (7) |
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155 | (3) |
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6.2.2 Modified KdV equation |
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158 | (1) |
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6.2.3 Formation of dynamical system and phase portraits |
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159 | (2) |
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161 | (1) |
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6.3 Bifurcation of supernonlinear dust-acoustic waves |
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162 | (7) |
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162 | (1) |
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6.3.2 Formation of dynamical system and phase portraits |
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163 | (1) |
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164 | (5) |
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6.4 Bifurcation of supernonlinear electron-acoustic waves (EAWs) |
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169 | (9) |
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170 | (1) |
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6.4.2 The evolution equation and dynamical system |
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171 | (2) |
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173 | (5) |
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178 | (2) |
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7 Chaos, Multistability and Stable Oscillation in Plasmas |
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180 | (25) |
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7.1 Chaos in a conservative dusty plasma |
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180 | (7) |
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182 | (1) |
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7.1.2 Multiperiodic, quasiperiodic and chaotic oscillations |
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182 | (5) |
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7.2 Multistability of electron-acoustic waves |
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187 | (4) |
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187 | (1) |
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188 | (3) |
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7.3 Stable oscillation in a dissipative plasma |
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191 | (9) |
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192 | (1) |
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7.3.2 The KdV-Burgers equation |
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193 | (2) |
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7.3.3 Stability analysis of DAWs |
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195 | (5) |
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200 | (5) |
Index |
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