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All issues Volume 20 (2025) Math. Model. Nat. Phenom., 20 (2025) 6 References
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Math. Model. Nat. Phenom.
Volume 20, 2025
Article Number 6
Number of page(s) 16
Section Engineering
DOI https://doi.org/10.1051/mmnp/2025010
Published online 17 March 2025
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