Do optimal shapes exist?

Milan Journal of Mathematics

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 379-398

  Bucur, Dorin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE SAVOIE   (France)

Author keywords

Existence; Optimal shapes

Indexed keywords

EID: 38749127583     PISSN: 14249286     EISSN: 14249294     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00032-007-0074-8     Document Type: Article

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