Dynamical scaling in Smoluchowski's coagulation equations: Uniform convergence

SIAM Journal on Mathematical Analysis

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1629-1651

  Menon, Govind ^a,b   Pego, Robert L ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c University of Maryland   (United States)

^d CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coagulation equations; Complex characteristics; Dynamic scaling; Self similar solutions

Indexed keywords

COAGULATION EQUATIONS; COMPLEX CHARACTERISTICS; DYNAMIC SCALING; SELF-SIMILAR SOLUTIONS;

COAGULATION; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; LAPLACE TRANSFORMS; PROBABILITY; THEOREM PROVING;

CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS;

EID: 25144451194     PISSN: 00361410     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1137/S0036141003430263     Document Type: Article

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