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Remarks on the equilibrium shape of a Tokamak plasma

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 November 2011

Yang Jianfu
Yang Jianfu
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, Nanchang University, Nanchang, Jiangxi 330047, PR China
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Synopsis

The equilibrium of a Tokamak plasma not confined inside a conducting shell is governed by a free boundary value problem. The existence of solutions of the free boundary value problem is discussed.

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Research Article
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Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh Section A: Mathematics , Volume 123 , Issue 6 , 1993 , pp. 1059 - 1070
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Copyright © Royal Society of Edinburgh 1993

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