Stochastic approximations to curve-shortening flows via particle systems

Journal of Differential Equations

Volumn 195, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 119-142

  Arous, Gérard B ^a   Tannenbaum, Allen ^b   Zeitoum, Ofer ^c  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Curvature driven flows; Curve shortening; Hydrodynamical limits; Interacting particle systems; Stochastic approximations

Indexed keywords

EID: 0345015401     PISSN: 00220396     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-0396(03)00166-9     Document Type: Article

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