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Applicable Analysis
An International Journal
Volume 86, 2007 - Issue 8
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Conservation equations for the semiclassical Schrödinger equation near caustics

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Pages 917-944 | Received 24 Feb 2007, Accepted 17 Apr 2007, Published online: 24 Sep 2007

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