The high field asymptotics for degenerate semiconductors: Initial and boundary layer analysis

Asymptotic Analysis

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 143-174

  Ben Abdallah, Naoufel ^a   Chaker, Hédia ^b  

^a INSTITUT DE MATHÉMATIQUES DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TUNIS EL MANAR   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Boundary layer; Convergence rate; Initial layer; Kinetic equations; Maximum principle

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYERS; BOUNDARY VALUE PROBLEMS; CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MAXIMUM PRINCIPLE; PROBLEM SOLVING;

CONVERGENCE RATES; KINETIC EQUATIONS;

SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS;

EID: 1542580593     PISSN: 09217134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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