Regularity and convergence of crystalline motion

SIAM Journal on Mathematical Analysis

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 19-37

  Ishii, Katsuyuki ^a   Soner, Halil Mete ^b  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY OF MERCANTILE MARINE   (Japan)

^b CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Crystalline motion; Motion by mean curvature; Viscosity solutions

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032271478     PISSN: 00361410     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1137/S0036141097317347     Document Type: Article

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