Convergence of an algorithm for the anisotropic and crystalline mean curvature flow

SIAM Journal on Mathematical Analysis

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1978-1987

  Chambolle, Antonin ^a   Novaga, Matteo ^b  

^a CENTRE DE MATHÉMATIQUES APPLIQUÉES   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anisotropic mean curvature flow; Heat equation; Signed distance function

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; FLOW OF FLUIDS; FUNCTION EVALUATION;

ANISOTROPIC MEAN CURVATURE FLOW; CURVATURE MOTION; HEAT EQUATION; SIGNED DISTANCE FUNCTION;

ALGORITHMS;

EID: 33751005563     PISSN: 00361410     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1137/050629641     Document Type: Article

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