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Elliptic free boundary problems in the theory of fluid flow through porous media are studied by a new method, which reduces the problems to variational inequalities: existence and uniqueness theorems are proved.
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Entrata in Redazione il 3 agosto 1972. Research supported by C.N.R. in the frame of the collaboration between L.A.N. of Pavia and E.R.A. 215 of C.N.R.S. and of Paris University.
« Laboratorio di Analisi Numerica del C.N.R. di Pavia » and « Università di Pavia ».
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Baiocchi, C., Comincioli, V., Magenes, E. et al. Free boundary problems in the theory of fluid flow through porous media: Existence and uniqueness theorems. Annali di Matematica 97, 1–82 (1973). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02414909
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