Brownian motion and the formation of singularities in the heat flow for harmonic maps

Probability Theory and Related Fields

Volumn 105, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 335-367

  Thalmaier, Anton ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

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EID: 0030537012     PISSN: 01788051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01192212     Document Type: Article

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