On the Strong Maximum Principle and the Large Time Behavior of Generalized Mean Curvature Flow with the Neumann Boundary Condition

Journal of Differential Equations

Volumn 154, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 107-131

  Yoshikazu, Giga ^a   Ohnuma, Masaki ^b,d   Sato, Moto Hiko ^c  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOKYO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c MURORAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

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EID: 0033128174     PISSN: 00220396     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jdeq.1998.3569     Document Type: Article

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