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Communicated by W. Noll
The results of this paper form a part of the author's thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy at Carnegie Institute of Technology. The author is indebted to Professor R. J. Duffin for his helpful advice. This work was supported in part by the Army Research Office (Durham) under DA-AROD-31-124-G 78.
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Rogers, E.H. A mimmax theory for overdamped systems. Arch. Rational Mech. Anal. 16, 89–96 (1964). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00281333
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