Stable patterns for fourth-order parabolic equations

Duke Mathematical Journal

Volumn 115, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 513-558

  Van Den Berg, Jan Bouwe ^a   Vandervorst, R C ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 0036926756     PISSN: 00127094     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1215/S0012-7094-02-11534-8     Document Type: Article

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