A sixth-order nonlinear parabolic equation for quantum systems

SIAM Journal on Mathematical Analysis

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1472-1490

  Jüngel, Ansgar ^a   Milisić, Josipa Pina ^b  

^a VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Algorithmic entropy construction; Convergence of transport plans; Global existence of solutions; Long time behavior of the solutions; Quantum semiconductors; Sixth order parabolic equation

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMIC ENTROPY; ALGORITHMIC ENTROPY CONSTRUCTION; GLOBAL EXISTENCE OF SOLUTIONS; LONG TIME BEHAVIOR; LONG-TIME BEHAVIOR OF THE SOLUTIONS; PARABOLIC EQUATIONS; QUANTUM SEMICONDUCTORS;

DECAY (ORGANIC); ENTROPY; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; POLYNOMIAL APPROXIMATION; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY; QUANTUM ELECTRONICS; QUANTUM OPTICS;

NONLINEAR EQUATIONS;

EID: 73349109775     PISSN: 00361410     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1137/080739021     Document Type: Article

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