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Preprint 2010-025

Front tracing approximations for slow erosion

Debora Amadori and Wen Shen

Abstract: In this paper we study an integro-differential equation that arises in modeling slow erosion of granular flow. We construct piecewise constant approximate solutions, using a front tracing technique. Convergence of the approximate solutions is established through proper a priori estimates, which in turn gives global existence of BV solutions. Furthermore, continuous dependence on initial data and on the erosion function is derived, achieving well-posedness of the solutions.

Paper:
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Author(s):
Debora Amadori,
Wen Shen,
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; 2010-12-30.