A uniqueness condition for nonlinear convection-diffusion equations with discontinuous coefficients

Journal of Hyperbolic Differential Equations

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 127-159

  Diehl, Stefan ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Conservation law; Coupling condition; Degenerate parabolic equation; Discontinuous coefficient; Interface entropy condition; Nonlinear scalar convection diffusion equation; Uniqueness

Indexed keywords

EID: 65449143904     PISSN: 02198916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0219891609001794     Document Type: Article

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