Bulk and contact energies: Nucleation and relaxation

SIAM Journal on Mathematical Analysis

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 190-219

  Fonseca, Irene ^a   Leoni, Giovanni ^a,b  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bulk and contact energies; Functions of bounded variation; Generalized co area formula; Nucleation; Relaxation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032276233     PISSN: 00361410     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1137/S0036141097325563     Document Type: Article

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