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  1. Department of Computational and Applied Mathematics, Rice University, P.O. Box 1892, 77251, Houston, Texas

    Steven Cox & Robert Lipton

  2. Department of Mathematical Sciences, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, 01609, Worcester, Massachusettes

    Steven Cox & Robert Lipton

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Cox, S., Lipton, R. Extremal eigenvalue problems for two-phase conductors. Arch. Rational Mech. Anal. 136, 101–117 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02316974

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