The geometry of solutions to a segregation problem for nondivergence systems

Journal of Fixed Point Theory and Applications

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 319-351

  Caffarelli, L A ^a   Karakhanyan, A L ^a   Lin, Fang Hua ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Free boundary; Nondivergence problem; Segregation of species; Singular point

Indexed keywords

EID: 71449121736     PISSN: 16617738     EISSN: 16617746     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11784-009-0110-0     Document Type: Article

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