Huygens' principle for the non-self-adjoint scalar wave equation on Petrov type III space-times
Anderson, W. G. ; McLenaghan, R. G. ; Sasse, F. D.
Annales de l'I.H.P. Physique théorique, Tome 71 (1999), p. 259-276 / Harvested from Numdam
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Anderson, W. G.; McLenaghan, R. G.; Sasse, F. D. Huygens' principle for the non-self-adjoint scalar wave equation on Petrov type III space-times. Annales de l'I.H.P. Physique théorique, Tome 71 (1999) pp. 259-276. http://gdmltest.u-ga.fr/item/AIHPA_1999__70_3_259_0/

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