When are the spatial level surfaces of solutions of diffusion equations invariant with respect to the time variable?

Journal d'Analyse Mathematique

Volumn 78, Issue , 1999, Pages 219-243

  Sakaguchi, Shigeru ^a  

^a EHIME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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EID: 0013210055     PISSN: 00217670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02791135     Document Type: Article

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