Passing to the limit in a Wasserstein gradient flow: From diffusion to reaction

Calculus of Variations and Partial Differential Equations

Volumn 44, Issue 3-4, 2012, Pages 419-454

  Arnrich, Steffen ^a   Mielke, Alexander ^b,c   Peletier, Mark A ^a   Savaré, Giuseppe ^d   Veneroni, Marco ^e  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b WEIERSTRASS INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED ANALYSIS AND STOCHASTICS   (Germany)

^c HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^e MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 84860621620     PISSN: 09442669     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00526-011-0440-9     Document Type: Article

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