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All issues Volume 14 (2010) ESAIM: PS, 14 (2010) 117-150 References
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ESAIM: PS
Volume 14, 2010
Page(s) 117 - 150
DOI https://doi.org/10.1051/ps:2008037
Published online 10 May 2010
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