Exit time moments, boundary value problems, and the geometry of domains in Euclidean space

Probability Theory and Related Fields

Volumn 111, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 469-487

  Kinateder, K K J ^a   McDonald, Patrick ^b   Miller, David ^a  

^a WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEW COLLEGE OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Boundary value problems; Diffusion; Exit times; Variational calculus

Indexed keywords

EID: 0040531959     PISSN: 01788051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004400050174     Document Type: Article

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