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Geometric Evolution of Phase-Boundaries

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On the Evolution of Phase Boundaries

Part of the book series: The IMA Volumes in Mathematics and its Applications ((IMA,volume 43))

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This paper continues our study [CGG], [GG] of a motion of phase-boundaries whose speed locally depends on the normal vector field and curvature tensors.

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Authors and Affiliations

  1. Department of Mathematics, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060, Japan

    Yoshikazu Giga

  2. IMA, University of Minnesota, USA

    Yoshikazu Giga

  3. Department of Applied Science, Faculty of Engineering 36, Kyushu University, Fukuoka 812, Japan

    Shun’ichi Goto

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  1. Department of Mathematics, Carnegie-Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, 15213, USA

    Morton E. Gurtin

  2. NIST, Gaithersburg, MD, 20899, USA

    Geoffrey B. McFadden

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Giga, Y., Goto, S. (1992). Geometric Evolution of Phase-Boundaries. In: Gurtin, M.E., McFadden, G.B. (eds) On the Evolution of Phase Boundaries. The IMA Volumes in Mathematics and its Applications, vol 43. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-9211-8_3

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