Darcy's law and the theory of shrinking solutions of fast diffusion equations

SIAM Journal on Mathematical Analysis

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1005-1028

  Vázquez, Juan L ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Darcy's law; Fast diffusion; Free boundaries; Pressure equation; Shrinking supports; Uniqueness

Indexed keywords

EID: 17144451219     PISSN: 00361410     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1137/S0036141001396540     Document Type: Article

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