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George C. Hsiao Wolfgang L. Wendland
Department of Mathematical Sciences Universita ¨t Stuttgart
University of Delaware Institut f r Angewandte
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528 Ewing Hall Analysis und Numerische Simulation

Newark, DE 19716-2553 Pfaffenwaldring 57
USA 70569 Stuttgart
hsiao@math.udel.edu Germany
wendland@mathematik.uni-stuttgart.de
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ISBN 978-3-540-15284-2 e-ISBN 978-3-540-68545-6
Applied Mathematical Sciences ISSN 0066-5452

Library of Congress Control Number: 2008924867
Mathematics Subject Classification (2001): 47G10-30, 35J55, 45A05, 31A10, 73C02, 76D07

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