THE THERMISTOR PROBLEM FOR CONDUCTIVITY WHICH VANISHES AT LARGE TEMPERATURE

被引:15
作者
CHEN, XF
FRIEDMAN, A
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[1] Univ of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
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10.1090/qam/1205940
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O29 [应用数学];
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070104 ;
摘要
The thermistor problem is modeled as a coupled system of nonlinear elliptic equations. When the conductivity coefficient sigma(u) vanishes (u = temperature) one of the equations becomes degenerate; this situation is considered in the present paper. We establish the existence of a weak solution and, under some special Dirichlet and Neumann boundary conditions, analyze the structure of the set {sigma(u) = 0} and also prove uniqueness.
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页数:15
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