Analytic Investigation of Free Boundary Problems.

Abstract

We have investigated a number of nonlinear boundary value problems, usually steady-state, of reaction-diffusion type. Though a few problems have involved ordinary differential equations, we have been concerned mostly with elliptic partial differential equations. Of special interest have been nonlinearities with jump discontinuities in the dependent variable, giving rise to free boundaries. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 01, 1982
Accession Number
ADA121945

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People

  • Bernard A. Fleishman

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  • Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

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  • Mathematics

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  • Finite Element Method (FEM) for solving Partial Differential Equations (PDEs)