| Title | ON A BISTABLE QUASILINEAR PARABOLIC EQUATION: WELL-POSEDNESS AND STATIONARY SOLUTIONS |
| Publication Type | Journal Article |
| Year of Publication | 2011 |
| Authors | BURNS, MARTIN, GRINFELD, MICHAEL |
| Secondary Title | Communications in Applied Analysis |
| Volume | 15 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Start Page | 251 |
| Pagination | 264 |
| Date Published | 04/2011 |
| Type of Work | scientific: mathematics |
| ISSN | 1083–2564 |
| AMS | 35B32, 35D30, 35J62, 35K59 |
| Abstract | In this paper we prove existence and uniqueness of variational inequality solutions for a bistable quasilinear parabolic equation arising in the theory of solid-solid phase transitions and discuss its stationary solutions, which can be discontinuous.
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| URL | http://www.acadsol.eu/en/articles/15/2/9.pdf |
| Short Title | WELL-POSEDNESS AND STATIONARY SOLUTIONS |
| Refereed Designation | Refereed |
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