Self-similar solutions for the gauss curvature evolution of rotationally symmetric surfaces

Nonlinear Analysis, Theory, Methods and Applications

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 97-104

  Ishimura, Naoyuki ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HITOTSUBASHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Gauss curvature evolution; Self similar solutions; Surface of rotation

Indexed keywords

PROBLEM SOLVING; THEOREM PROVING;

GAUSS CURVATURE EVOLUTION;

NONLINEAR EQUATIONS;

EID: 0032118608     PISSN: 0362546X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0362-546X(97)00539-7     Document Type: Article

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