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Asymptotic results for nonlinear outdiffusion

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 September 2008

J.R. King
J.R. King
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Department of Theoretical Mechanics, University of Nottingham, Nottingham NG7 2RD, UK
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Abstract

Asymptotic methods are applied to the outdiffusion of a diffusant whose behaviour is governed by a power-law diffusivity. Both semi-infinite and finite domain problems are considered. The ‘fast’ diffusion (negative power-law) case is of particular interest, and the results are significantly different from those for the corresponding indiffusion problem.

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European Journal of Applied Mathematics , Volume 5 , Issue 3 , September 1994, pp. 359 - 390
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1994

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