A survey of entropy methods for partial differential equations

Bulletin of the American Mathematical Society

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 409-438

  Evans, Lawrence C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 13844271552     PISSN: 02730979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1090/S0273-0979-04-01032-8     Document Type: Article

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