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Applications of symmetry groups and the Wahlquist-Estabrook procedure in general relativity

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 April 2009

Phillip Charles Harmsworth
Phillip Charles Harmsworth
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Department of Applied Mathematics, University of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. 2006
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Abstracts of Australasian of PhD theses
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Bulletin of the Australian Mathematical Society , Volume 37 , Issue 3 , June 1988 , pp. 471 - 472
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Copyright © Australian Mathematical Society 1988

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