Degenerate diffusion with a drift potential: A viscosity solutions approach

Discrete and Continuous Dynamical Systems

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 767-786

  Kim, Inwon C ^a   Lei, Helen K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Convergence to equilibrium.; Degenerate diffusion; Porous medium equation; Viscosity solutions; Well posedness

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953316108     PISSN: 10780947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3934/dcds.2010.27.767     Document Type: Article

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