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Finite-volume numerical method for study shallow water flows over an arbitrary bed profile in the presence of external force is proposed. This method uses the quasi-two-layer model of hydrodynamic flows over a stepwise boundary with…
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The purpose of this article is to construct a toolbox, in Dynamical Systems, to support the idea that ``whenever we can prove a limit theorem in the classical sense for a dynamical system, we can prove a suitable almost-sure version based…