Existence for an allen-cahn/cahn-hilliard system with degenerate mobility

Interfaces and Free Boundaries

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 199-226

  Dal Passo, Roberta ^a   Giacomelli, Lorenzo ^b   Novick Cohen, Amy ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

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EID: 25144517509     PISSN: 14639963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4171/IFB/9     Document Type: Article

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