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Numerical Searches for Ground State Solutions of a Modified Capillary Equation and for Solutions of the Charge Balance Equation

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Nonlinear Diffusion Equations and Their Equilibrium States II

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In this talk we shall present some numerical results for solutions of two degenerate elliptic boundary value problems. While quite different in origin they have some common features which make their numerical solution quite interesting.

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Levine, H.A. (1988). Numerical Searches for Ground State Solutions of a Modified Capillary Equation and for Solutions of the Charge Balance Equation. In: Ni, WM., Peletier, L.A., Serrin, J. (eds) Nonlinear Diffusion Equations and Their Equilibrium States II. Mathematical Sciences Research Institute Publications, vol 13. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-9608-6_5

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