Uniqueness and existence of spirals moving by forced mean curvature motion

Interfaces and Free Boundaries

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 365-400

  Forcadel, Nicolas ^a   Imbert, Cyril ^a   Monneau, Ŕegis ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DAUPHINE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS EST   (France)

Author keywords

Comparison principle; Mean curvature motion; Motion of interfaces; Quasi linear parabolic equation; Spirals; Viscosity solutions

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872440640     PISSN: 14639963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4171/IFB/285     Document Type: Article

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