On the Cahn-Hilliard equation with degenerate mobility

SIAM Journal on Mathematical Analysis

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 404-423

  Elliott, Charles M ^a   Garcke, Harald ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cahn Hilliard equations; Degenerate parabolic equations; Nonlinear diffusion; Phase transitions

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030526461     PISSN: 00361410     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1137/S0036141094267662     Document Type: Article

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