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Asymptotic behaviour of solutions to the Becker-Döring equations

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2009

J. Carr
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, Heriot-Watt University, Riccarton Edinburgh EH14 4AS, Scotland
R. M. Dunwell
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, Heriot-Watt University, Riccarton Edinburgh EH14 4AS, Scotland
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The asymptotics behaviour of solutions of the Becker-Döring cluster equations is determined for cases in which coagulation dominates fragmentation. We show that all non-zero solutions tend weak* to zero.

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Copyright © Edinburgh Mathematical Society 1999

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