Heat content asymptotics for higher order Laplacians

Differential Geometry and its Application

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 257-272

  Desjardins, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Heat equation asymptotics; Higher order laplacian

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032091209     PISSN: 09262245     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0926-2245(98)00011-4     Document Type: Article

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