A multi-phase Mullins-Sekerka system: Matched asymptotic expansions and an implicit time discretisation for the geometric evolution problem

Royal Society of Edinburgh - Proceedings A

Volumn 128, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 481-506

  Bronsard, Lia ^a   Garcke, Harald ^b   Stoth, Barbara ^b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

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EID: 22044442615     PISSN: 03082105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0308210500021612     Document Type: Article

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