Minimal solutions of nonlinear parabolic problems with unilateral constraints

Houston Journal of Mathematics

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 189-201

  Papageorgiou, Nikolaos S ^a   Papalini, Francesca ^b   Vercillo, Susanna ^b  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Arzela Ascoli theorem; Minimum solution; Monotone operator; Subdifferential; Unilateral constraint; Upper solution; Variational inequality; Zorn's lemma

Indexed keywords

EID: 0004752773     PISSN: 03621588     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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