The lubrication approximation for thin viscous films: Regularity and long-time behavior of weak solutions

Communications on Pure and Applied Mathematics

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 85-123

  Bertozzi, A L ^a   Pugh, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0040488514     PISSN: 00103640     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0312(199602)49:2<85::AID-CPA1>3.0.CO;2-2     Document Type: Article

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