A fourth-order degenerate parabolic equation describing thin viscous flows over an inclined plane

Applied Mathematics Letters

Volumn 12, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 107-111

  Giacomelli, L ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Higher order degenerate parabolic equations; Thin films

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042859866     PISSN: 08939659     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0893-9659(99)00130-5     Document Type: Article

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