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On a mixed problem for the M‘Kendrick-Von Foerster equation


Authors: Akio Yamada and Hiroumi Funakoshi
Journal: Quart. Appl. Math. 40 (1982), 165-192
MSC: Primary 92A05; Secondary 35R30
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/qam/666673
MathSciNet review: 666673
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Abstract: A mixed problem for the M’Kendrick–Von Foerster equation is solved explicitly: existence, uniqueness and regularity theorems are proved as well as several integral formulas.


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