UPPER AND LOWER RAYLEIGH NUMBER BOUNDS FOR TWO-DIMENSIONAL NATURAL CONVECTION OVER A FINITE HORIZONTAL SURFACE SITUATED IN A FLUID-SATURATED POROUS MEDIUM

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