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Dynamics of a Continual Sociological Model. / Pilyugin, S. Yu; Sabirova, D. Z.

In: Vestnik St. Petersburg University: Mathematics, Vol. 54, No. 2, 04.2021, p. 196-205.

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Pilyugin, SY & Sabirova, DZ 2021, 'Dynamics of a Continual Sociological Model', Vestnik St. Petersburg University: Mathematics, vol. 54, no. 2, pp. 196-205. https://doi.org/10.1134/S1063454121020102

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Pilyugin SY, Sabirova DZ. Dynamics of a Continual Sociological Model. Vestnik St. Petersburg University: Mathematics. 2021 Apr;54(2):196-205. https://doi.org/10.1134/S1063454121020102

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Pilyugin, S. Yu ; Sabirova, D. Z. / Dynamics of a Continual Sociological Model. In: Vestnik St. Petersburg University: Mathematics. 2021 ; Vol. 54, No. 2. pp. 196-205.

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