Analysis of a mathematical model of the growth of necrotic tumors

Journal of Mathematical Analysis and Applications

Volumn 255, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 636-677

  Cui, Shangbin ^a   Friedman, Avner ^b  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b University of Minnesota   (United States)

Author keywords

Free boundary problems; Necrotic; Parabolic equations; Tumor

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035869870     PISSN: 0022247X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmaa.2000.7306     Document Type: Article

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