Asymptotic behavior of a Cahn-Hilliard equation with Wentzell boundary conditions and mass conservation

Discrete and Continuous Dynamical Systems

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1041-1063

  Gal, Ciprian G ^a   Wu, Hao ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cahn Hilliard equation; Convergence to equilibrium; Mass conservation; Wentzell boundary condition; ojasiewicz Simon inequality

Indexed keywords

EID: 57449086919     PISSN: 10780947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3934/dcds.2008.22.1041     Document Type: Article

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