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A phase transition speed estimate in the Stefan problem*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 November 2011

Weian Zheng
Weian Zheng
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA 92717, U.S.A. e-mail: [email protected]
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Abstract

We give an estimate of the time needed for a phase transition to be completed in the Stefan problem. Our method is to compare the density of the diffusion process associated with the Stefan problem, with that of Brownian motion.

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Research Article
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Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh Section A: Mathematics , Volume 126 , Issue 6 , 1996 , pp. 1341 - 1347
Copyright
Copyright © Royal Society of Edinburgh 1996

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