On the dynamics of crystalline motions

Japan Journal of Industrial and Applied Mathematics

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 7-50

  Giga, Yoshikazu ^a   Gurtin, Morton E ^b   Matias, Jose' ^c  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Comparison theorems; Crystalline energies; Curvature flows; Interfaces; Phase transitions

Indexed keywords

EID: 0011756649     PISSN: 09167005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03167395     Document Type: Article

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