The visous Cahn-Hilliard equation as a limit of the phase field model: Lower semicontinuity of the attractor

Journal of Dynamics and Differential Equations

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 333-353

  Dupaix, C ^a   Hilhorst, D ^b   Kostin, I N ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE FRANCHE COMTÉ   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^c STEKLOV MATHEMATICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Lower semicontinuity; Maximal attractor; Nonlinear parabolic equations; System of second order

Indexed keywords

EID: 2542429824     PISSN: 10407294     EISSN: 15729222     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021985631123     Document Type: Article

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