Space-time finite element methods for surface diffusion with applications to the theory of the stability of cylinders

SIAM Journal on Scientific Computing

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1434-1448

  Coleman, Bernard D ^a   Falk, Richard S ^a   Moakher, Maher ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Axially symmetric motion by Laplacian of mean curvature; Stability against surface diffusion

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000522499     PISSN: 10648275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1137/S1064827594274589     Document Type: Article

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