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The border-collision normal form is a canonical form for two-dimensional, continuous maps comprised of two affine pieces. In this paper we provide a guide to the dynamics of this family of maps in the non-invertible case where the two…
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This paper deals with mathematical models of continuous crystallization described by hyperbolic systems of partial differential equations coupled with ordinary and integro-differential equations. The considered systems admit nonzero…
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