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On the thin-film equation with nonlinear surface tension term

Analysis of PDEs 2015-10-09 v1

Abstract

In this thesis, we consider the thin-film equation with nonlinear surface tension term in one space dimension. Relying on the corresponding energy and entropy estimates, we prove existence of weak solutions as well as nonnegativity results.

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@article{arxiv.1510.01476,
  title  = {On the thin-film equation with nonlinear surface tension term},
  author = {Jan Friederich},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1510.01476},
  year   = {2015}
}

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Diploma thesis in Mathematics, Supervisor: Guenther Gruen, Friedrich-Alexander-Universitaet Erlangen-Nuernberg, 2009. 67 pages