Hypographs satisfying an external sphere condition and the regularity of the minimum time function

Journal of Mathematical Analysis and Applications

Volumn 372, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 611-628

  Nguyen, Khai T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

convex (prox regular, positive reach) sets; Internal external sphere condition; Normal vectors

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955661112     PISSN: 0022247X     EISSN: 10960813     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmaa.2010.07.010     Document Type: Article

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