Spinodal decomposition for the Cahn-Hilliard equation in higher dimensions: Nonlinear dynamics

Archive for Rational Mechanics and Analysis

Volumn 151, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 187-219

  Maier Paape, Stanislaus ^a   Wanner, Thomas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUGSBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

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EID: 0040191753     PISSN: 00039527     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002050050196     Document Type: Article

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