The limit of the fully anisotropic double-obstacle Allen-Cahn equation in the nonsmooth case

SIAM Journal on Mathematical Analysis

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 274-303

  Elliott, Charles M ^a   Schätzle, Reiner ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anisotropic Allen Cahn equation; Double obstacle problem; Mean curvature flow; Viscosity solutions

Indexed keywords

EID: 0039386147     PISSN: 00361410     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1137/S0036141095286733     Document Type: Article

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