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Asymptotic behaviour of solutions to the Becker-Döring equations for arbitrary initial data

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 November 2011

J. M. Ball
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, Heriot-Watt University, Riccarton, Edinburgh EH14 4AS, Scotland
J. Carr
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, Heriot-Watt University, Riccarton, Edinburgh EH14 4AS, Scotland

Synopsis

The asymptotic behaviour of solutions to the Becker-Doring cluster equations is determined without the decay assumptions on the initial data made in [3].

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Royal Society of Edinburgh 1988

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