Scale-invariant extinction time estimates for some singular diffusion equations

Discrete and Continuous Dynamical Systems

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 509-535

  Giga, Yoshikazu ^a   Kohn, Robert V ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

extinction time; surface diffusion; Total variation ow

Indexed keywords

EID: 79954475633     PISSN: 10780947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3934/dcds.2011.30.509     Document Type: Article

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