Existence and uniqueness of weak solutions for a class of nonlinear divergence type diffusion equations

Chen, P.

Existence and uniqueness of weak solutions for a class of nonlinear divergence type diffusion equations

Document Type : Research Paper

Author

P. Chen

Department of Mathematics‎, ‎Shanghai University‎, ‎Shanghai 200444‎, ‎China.

Abstract

‎In this paper‎, ‎we study the Neumann boundary value problem of a class of nonlinear divergence type diffusion equations‎. ‎By a priori estimates‎, ‎difference and variation techniques‎, ‎we establish the existence and uniqueness of weak solutions of this problem.

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Main Subjects

35-XX Partial differential equations

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