Bulletin (New Series) of the American Mathematical Society
- Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. (N.S.)
- Volume 22, Number 1 (1990), 1-49.
The stability of matter: from atoms to stars
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Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. (N.S.) Volume 22, Number 1 (1990), 1-49.
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First available in Project Euclid: 4 July 2007
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Mathematical Reviews number (MathSciNet)
MR1014510
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0698.35135
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Primary: 81H99 81M05 85A15: Galactic and stellar structure
Secondary: 81C99 82A15
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Lieb, Elliott H. The stability of matter: from atoms to stars. Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. (N.S.) 22 (1990), no. 1, 1--49. http://projecteuclid.org/euclid.bams/1183555452.
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