Convergence of a fully discrete approximation for advected mean curvature flows

IMA Journal of Numerical Analysis

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 595-634

  Kuhn T ^a  

^a WEIERSTRASS INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED ANALYSIS AND STOCHASTICS   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ALLEN-CAHN EQUATION; FULLY DISCRETE APPROXIMATION; LIPSCHITZ DEPENDENCE; MEAN CURVATURE FLOW; NORMAL DIRECTION; NUMERICAL SOLUTION; RATE OF CONVERGENCE; VISCOSITY SOLUTIONS;

PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS;

EID: 0032358142     PISSN: 02724979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/imanum/18.4.595     Document Type: Article

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