Homogenization of fronts in highly heterogeneous media

SIAM Journal on Mathematical Analysis

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 212-227

  Barles, Guy ^a   Cesaroni, Annalisa ^b   Novaga, Matteo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOURS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Evolution by mean curvature; Heterogeneous media; Homogenization; Propagation of fronts; Viscosity solutions

Indexed keywords

HETEROGENEOUS MEDIA; HOMOGENIZATION; MEAN CURVATURE; PROPAGATION OF FRONTS; VISCOSITY SOLUTIONS;

VISCOSITY;

EID: 79952301336     PISSN: 00361410     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1137/100800014     Document Type: Article

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