Fast diffusion to self-similarity: Complete spectrum, long-time asymptotics, and numerology

Archive for Rational Mechanics and Analysis

Volumn 175, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 301-342

  Denzler, Jochen ^a   McCann, Robert J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

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EID: 21244431681     PISSN: 00039527     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00205-004-0336-3     Document Type: Review

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