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The mathematics of the Thomson effect

Author(s): Giovanni Cimatti
Journal: Quart. Appl. Math.
MSC (2000): Primary 35J60, 35K50, 80A22
Posted: July 29, 2009
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Abstract: The paper deals with the elliptic system of the thermistor problem in 3 dimensions taking into account the Thomson effect. Existence and uniqueness results are presented. The proofs are based on a reduction to a two-point problem for an ordinary differential equation.


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Additional Information:

Giovanni Cimatti
Affiliation: Dipartimento di Matematica, Largo Bruno Pontecorvo 5, Pisa, Italy
Email: cimatti@dm.unipi.it

PII: S0033-569X-09-01140-6
Keywords: Thermistor problem, Thomson effect, existence and uniqueness results, multiple solutions
Received by editor(s): April 3, 2008
Posted: July 29, 2009
Copyright of article: Copyright 2009, Brown University
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