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Existence and uniqueness results for a nonlinear differential equation arising in stagnation point flow in a porous medium

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We establish existence and uniqueness results over the semi-infinite interval [0, ∞) for a class of nonlinear third-order ordinary differential equations arising in the stagnation point flow in a porous medium.

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  1. Department of Mathematics, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, 32816, USA

    Robert A. Van Gorder & Kuppalapalle Vajravelu

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An erratum to this article can be found at http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00707-012-0657-5

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Van Gorder, R.A., Vajravelu, K. Existence and uniqueness results for a nonlinear differential equation arising in stagnation point flow in a porous medium. Acta Mech 210, 215–220 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00707-009-0202-3

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