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We study solutions ${\bf v}$ of the parabolic system of PDE $$ \partial_t\left(D\psi({\bf v})\right)=\text{div}DF(D{\bf v}). $$ Here $\psi$ and $F$ are convex functions, and this is a model equation for more general doubly nonlinear…
We study weak solutions ${\bf v}:U\times (0,T)\rightarrow \mathbb{R}^m$ of the nonlinear parabolic system $$ D\psi({\bf v}_t)=\text{div}DF(D{\bf v}), $$ where $\psi$ and $F$ are convex functions. This is a prototype for more general doubly…
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