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Global Gravity Field Modelling by Solving the Infinite Nonlinear Fixed Geodetic Boundary Value Problem

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|Sep 2025

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/tmmp-2025-0016 | Journal eISSN: 1338-9750 | Journal ISSN: 12103195
Language: English
Submitted on: Sep 11, 2024
Accepted on: Dec 2, 2024
Published on: Sep 12, 2025
Published by: Slovak Academy of Sciences, Mathematical Institute
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