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Representing a nonlinear elliptic PDE as an energy minimization problem

I need to solve a PDE in 2D representing a (time-independent) nonlinear diffusion process. The unknown function is $\phi(x,y)$ and its gradients create fluxes $\vec J$ through a nonlinear relation: $$\...
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Conditions on the velocity ensuring that a flow moves points along the boundary of a manifold

Let $\tau>0$; $d\in\mathbb N$; $v:[0,\tau]\times\mathbb R^d\to\mathbb R^d$ be Lipschitz continuous in the second argument uniformly with respect to the first with $v(\;\cdot\;,x)\in C^0([0,\tau],\...
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