Asymptotic analysis for the narrow escape problem

SIAM Journal on Mathematical Analysis

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 2542-2563

  Chen, Xinfu ^a   Friedman, Avner ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Asymptotic estimates; Brownian motion; Poisson equation

Indexed keywords

ABSORBING SET; ASYMPTOTIC ESTIMATES; BROWNIAN PARTICLES; ESCAPE PROBLEM; ESCAPE TIME; EXPECTED TIME; FINITE NUMBER; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS;

ASYMPTOTIC ANALYSIS; CELL MEMBRANES; CYTOLOGY; ESTIMATION; POISSON EQUATION;

BROWNIAN MOVEMENT;

EID: 84863012839     PISSN: 00361410     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1137/090775257     Document Type: Article

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