Transition layer for the heterogeneous Allen-Cahn equation
Mahmoudi, Fethi ; Malchiodi, Andrea ; Wei, Juncheng
Annales de l'I.H.P. Analyse non linéaire, Tome 25 (2008), p. 609-631 / Harvested from Numdam
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Mahmoudi, Fethi; Malchiodi, Andrea; Wei, Juncheng. Transition layer for the heterogeneous Allen-Cahn equation. Annales de l'I.H.P. Analyse non linéaire, Tome 25 (2008) pp. 609-631. doi : 10.1016/j.anihpc.2007.03.008. http://gdmltest.u-ga.fr/item/AIHPC_2008__25_3_609_0/

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