Enforced Scale Selection in Field Theories of Mechanical and Biological Systems

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Enforced Scale Selection in Field Theories of Mechanical and Biological Systems. / Tarp, Jens Magelund.

The Niels Bohr Institute, Faculty of Science, University of Copenhagen, 2015. 50 p.

Research output: Book/Report › Ph.D. thesis › Research

Harvard

Tarp, JM 2015, Enforced Scale Selection in Field Theories of Mechanical and Biological Systems. The Niels Bohr Institute, Faculty of Science, University of Copenhagen. <https://soeg.kb.dk/permalink/45KBDK_KGL/fbp0ps/alma99122944069505763>

APA

Tarp, J. M. (2015). Enforced Scale Selection in Field Theories of Mechanical and Biological Systems. The Niels Bohr Institute, Faculty of Science, University of Copenhagen. https://soeg.kb.dk/permalink/45KBDK_KGL/fbp0ps/alma99122944069505763

Vancouver

Tarp JM. Enforced Scale Selection in Field Theories of Mechanical and Biological Systems. The Niels Bohr Institute, Faculty of Science, University of Copenhagen, 2015. 50 p.

Author

Tarp, Jens Magelund. / Enforced Scale Selection in Field Theories of Mechanical and Biological Systems. The Niels Bohr Institute, Faculty of Science, University of Copenhagen, 2015. 50 p.

Bibtex

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