A free boundary problem of fourth order: Classical solutions in weighted hölder spaces

Communications in Partial Differential Equations

Volumn 35, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 2059-2091

  Giacomelli, Lorenzo ^a   Knüpfer, Hans ^b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Existence and uniqueness; Fourth order degenerate parabolic equations; Free boundary problems; Hele Shaw flow; Lubrication theory; Thin fluid films; Thinfilm equations

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957896113     PISSN: 03605302     EISSN: 15324133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03605302.2010.494262     Document Type: Article

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