A free-boundary problem for the heat equation arising in flame propagation

Transactions of the American Mathematical Society

Volumn 347, Issue 2, 1995, Pages 411-441

  Caffarelli, Luis A ^a   VÄzquez, Juan L ^b  

^a INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Combustion; Free boundary problem; Heat equation; Regularization method; Weak solutions

Indexed keywords

EID: 84966198519     PISSN: 00029947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1090/S0002-9947-1995-1260199-7     Document Type: Article

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