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In this paper, we establish a novel approach to proving existence of non-negative weak solutions for degenerate parabolic equations of fourth order, like the Cahn-Hilliard and certain thin film equations. The considered evolution equations…
We revisit and derive the shock-change equations relating the dynamics of a shock wave with the partial derivatives describing the motion of a reactive fluid with general equation of state in a stream-tube with arbitrary area variation. We…
The fully discrete adjoint equations and the corresponding adjoint method are derived for a globally high- order accurate discretization of conservation laws on parametrized, deforming domains. The conservation law on the deforming domain…
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