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The problem of determining those multiplets of forces, or sets of force multiplets, acting at a set of points, such that there exists a truss structure, or wire web, that can support these force multiplets with all the elements of the truss…
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In the finite difference approximation of the fractional Laplacian the stiffness matrix is typically dense and needs to be approximated numerically. The effect of the accuracy in approximating the stiffness matrix on the accuracy in the…
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