Discrete anisotropic curve shortening flow

SIAM Journal on Numerical Analysis

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1808-1830

  Dziuk, Gerhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Convergence; Curve shortening flow; Finite element approximation; Motion by anisotropic curvature

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000386645     PISSN: 00361429     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1137/S0036142998337533     Document Type: Article

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