A strong unique continuation theorem for parabolic equations

Mathematische Annalen

Volumn 311, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 603-630

  Chen, Xu Yan ^a,b  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 0032328374     PISSN: 00255831     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002080050202     Document Type: Article

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