On functions, whose lines of steepest descent bend proportionally to level lines
Annali della Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa - Classe di Scienze, Série 4, Volume 10 (1983) no. 4, p. 587-605 
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Talenti, Giorgio. On functions, whose lines of steepest descent bend proportionally to level lines. Annali della Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa - Classe di Scienze, Série 4, Volume 10 (1983) no. 4, pp. 587-605. http://www.numdam.org/item/ASNSP_1983_4_10_4_587_0/

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