Convergence of Nonlinear Elliptic Operators and Application to a Quasi Variational Inequality.

Abstract

Closedness and compactness results are given for a sequence of nonlinear elliptic operators with monotone type assumptions. These results are then used in the second part to derive existence theorems for a quasi variational inequality related to some questions from nonlinear heat flow. This quasi variational inequality involves a second order operator as above and an implicit obstacle of the Signorini type on the boundary.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 1980
Accession Number
ADA089640

Entities

People

  • Jean-pierre Gossez
  • Maria Giovanna Garroni

Organizations

  • University of Wisconsin–Madison

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Communities of Interest

  • C4I

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Boundaries
  • Boundary Value Problems
  • Classification
  • Coefficients
  • Computational Science
  • Convergence
  • Convex Sets
  • Differential Equations
  • Equations
  • Fluid Mechanics
  • Heat Energy
  • Heat Transmission
  • Inequalities
  • Mathematics
  • Partial Differential Equations
  • Sequences
  • Theorems

Fields of Study

  • Mathematics

Readers

  • Finite Element Method (FEM) for solving Partial Differential Equations (PDEs)
  • Mathematical Modeling and Probability Theory.