A strongly nonlinear problem arising in glaciology

Mathematical Modelling and Numerical Analysis

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 395-406

  Colinge, Jacques ^a   Rappaz, Jacques ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^b EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Calculus of variations; Convex analysis; Finite elements; Glaciology; Nonlinear problem

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033447780     PISSN: 0764583X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/m2an:1999122     Document Type: Article

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