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Applicable Analysis
An International Journal
Volume 89, 2010 - Issue 5
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On isocline lines for functions and convex stratifications of two variables

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Pages 717-743 | Received 14 Dec 2009, Accepted 13 Jan 2010, Published online: 21 Apr 2010

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