A liouville theorem for vector valued semilinear heat equations with no gradient structure and applications to blow-up

Transactions of the American Mathematical Society

Volumn 362, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 3391-3434

  Nouaili, Nejla ^a   Zaag, Hatem ^b  

^a ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS 13   (France)

Author keywords

Blow up; Heat equation; Liouville theorem; Uniform estimates; Vector valued

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951840643     PISSN: 00029947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1090/S0002-9947-10-04902-0     Document Type: Article

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