Viscosity solution theory of a class of nonlinear degenerate parabolic equations I. Uniqueness and existence of viscosity solutions

Acta Mathematicae Applicatae Sinica

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 136-144

  Zhan, Yi ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Anisotropic; Degenerate; p Laplacian; Viscosity solution

Indexed keywords

EID: 33644594538     PISSN: 01689673     EISSN: 16183932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02015135     Document Type: Article

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