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Weimin Han
Department of Mathematics
University of Iowa
Iowa City, IA 52242
USA
whan@math.uiowa.edu

B. Daya Reddy
Department of Mathematics and Applied Mathematics
University of Cape Town
7700 Rondebosch
South Africa
bdr@maths.uct.ac.za

Editors
J.E. Marsden
Control and Dynamical Systems
107 81
California Institute of Technology
Pasadena, CA 91125
USA

S. Wiggins
Control and Dynamical Systems
107-81
California Institute of Technology
Pasadena, CA 91125
USA

L. Sirovich
Division of Applied Mathematics
Brown University
Providence, RI 02912
USA

Mathematics Subject Classification (1991): 73Exx, 65Nxx, 65Mxx, 73Vxx, 49J40

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publicatibn Data
Han, Weimin.
Plasticity: mathematical theory and numerical analysis / Weimin
Han, B. Daya Reddy.
p. cm. (Interdisciplinary applied mathematics; 9)
Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN: 0-387-98704-5

(he.: alk. paper)
1. Plasticity. 2. Numerical analysis. I. Reddy, B. Dayanand,
1953-. II. Title. III. Series: Interdisciplinary applied mathematics; v. 9.
QA931.H25 1999
531 ?.385 dc21

98-51755

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