Behaviour of solutions of a singular diffusion equation near the extinction time

Nonlinear Analysis, Theory, Methods and Applications

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 63-104

  Hsu, Shu Yu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Asymptotic behaviour; Extinction time; Harnack inequality; Singular diffusion equation

Indexed keywords

DENSITY OF GASES; DIFFUSION; FUNCTIONS; SET THEORY; THEOREM PROVING;

EXTINCTION TIME;

NONLINEAR EQUATIONS;

EID: 0344494022     PISSN: 0362546X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.na.2003.07.018     Document Type: Article

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