Multiscale diffusion processes with periodic coefficients and an application to solute transport in porous media

Annals of Applied Probability

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 951-1020

  Bhattacharya, Rabi ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Diffusion on a big torus; Growth in dispersion; Initial and final Gaussian phases; Speed of convergence to equilibrium

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033261155     PISSN: 10505164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1214/aoap/1029962863     Document Type: Review

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