Application of variational inequalities to the moving-boundary problem in a fluid model for biofilm growth

DOI10.1016/j.na.2008.07.021zbMath1160.35550MaRDI QIDQ1012078

Niels Chr. Overgaard

Publication date: 14 April 2009

Published in: Nonlinear Analysis. Theory, Methods \& Applications. Series A: Theory and Methods (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: http://hdl.handle.net/2043/2866

zbMATH Keywords

variational inequality; biofilm model; moving-boundary problem

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

49J10: Existence theories for free problems in two or more independent variables

35R35: Free boundary problems for PDEs

92B05: General biology and biomathematics

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