Some new a priori estimates for second-order elliptic and parabolic interface problems

Journal of Differential Equations

Volumn 184, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 570-586

  Huang, Jianguo ^a   Zou, Jun ^b  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

A priori estimates; Interface problems; Jumps in coefficients; Potential theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037144961     PISSN: 00220396     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jdeq.2001.4154     Document Type: Article

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