Existence of solutions of the equation ut = Δ log u

Nonlinear Analysis, Theory, Methods and Applications

Volumn 37, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 875-914

  Hui, Kin Ming ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MATHEMATICS   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cylindrical domain; Existence of solutions; Harnack inequality; Singular diffusion equation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000392091     PISSN: 0362546X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0362-546X(98)00081-9     Document Type: Article

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