A free boundary focusing problem
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Abstract:
We consider a one-dimensional free boundary problem arising in combustion theory and establish that all solutions are asymptotically equal to a similarity solution which vanishes in a finite time.References
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- © Copyright 1994 American Mathematical Society
- Journal: Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 121 (1994), 1193-1202
- MSC: Primary 35R35; Secondary 35B40, 35K55
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0002-9939-1994-1233975-9
- MathSciNet review: 1233975