Analysis of a variable time-step discretization for the Penrose-Fife phase relaxation problem

Nonlinear Analysis, Theory, Methods and Applications

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 213-240

  Stefanelli, Ulisse ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Convergence results; Error estimates; Penrose Fife model; Phase relaxation; Phase transitions; Time discretization

Indexed keywords

HEAT FLUX; INITIAL VALUE PROBLEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PHASE TRANSITIONS; PROBLEM SOLVING; RELAXATION PROCESSES; SET THEORY; THEOREM PROVING;

PENROSE-FIFE PHASE RELAXATION PROBLEM; VARAIABLE TIME-STEP DISCRETIZATION;

NONLINEAR EQUATIONS;

EID: 0035400699     PISSN: 0362546X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0362-546X(99)00339-9     Document Type: Article

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