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On the Convexity of Level Sets for Elliptic and Parabolic Exterior Boundary Value Problems

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The talk is divided into two parts. First I study an elliptic free boundary problem and show that sometimes it is useful to work with curvilinear coordinates. Then I present some results on parabolic problems, which I obtained in cooperation with I. Diaz.

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  1. SFB 123, Universität Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 294, D 6900, Heidelberg, Germany

    Bernhard Kawohl

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  1. Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czechoslovakia

    Josef Král

  2. Charles University, Prague, Czechoslovakia

    Jaroslav Lukeš , Ivan Netuka  & Jiří Veselý ,  & 

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Kawohl, B. (1988). On the Convexity of Level Sets for Elliptic and Parabolic Exterior Boundary Value Problems. In: Král, J., Lukeš, J., Netuka, I., Veselý, J. (eds) Potential Theory. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-0981-9_20

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