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We present extensive results from 2-dimensional simulations of phase separation kinetics in a model with order-parameter dependent mobility. We find that the time-dependent structure factor exhibits dynamical scaling and the scaling…
We study the existence of large solutions for nonlocal Dirichlet problems posed on a bounded, smooth domain, associated to fully nonlinear elliptic equations of order $2s$, with $s\in (1/2,1)$, and a coercive gradient term with subcritical…
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We propose a numerical approach, of the BGK kinetic type, that is able to approximate with a given, but arbitrary, order of accuracy the solution of linear and non-linear convection-diffusion type problems: scalar advection-diffusion,…
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The present paper considers the Cauchy-Dirichlet problem for the time-nonlocal reaction-diffusion equation $$\partial_t (k\ast(u-u_0))+\mathcal{L}_x [u]=f(u),\,\,\,\, x\in\Omega\subset\mathbb{R}^n, t>0,$$ where $k\in…
We consider fractional directional derivatives and establish some connection with stable densities. Solutions to advection equations involving fractional directional derivatives are presented and some properties investigated. In particular…
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