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We establish pointwise bounds for the Green function and consequent linearized stability for multidimensional planar relaxation shocks of general relaxation systems whose equilibrium model is scalar, under the necessary assumption of…
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We present a unified theory for the longitudinal dynamic response of a stiff polymer in solution to various external perturbations (mechanical excitations, hydrodynamic flows, electrical fields, temperature quenches ...) that can be…
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We study equilibrium states for an open class of non-uniformly expanding local homeomorphisms defined by a mild condition such that for some iterate each point admits at least one contracting inverse branch. We prove the existence and…