ArticleOriginal scientific text
Title
A model of a radially symmetric cloud of self-attracting particles
Authors 1
Affiliations
- Mathematical Institute, University of Wrocław, Pl. Grunwaldzki 2/4, 50-384 Wrocław, Poland
Abstract
We consider a parabolic equation which describes the gravitational interaction of particles. Existence of solutions and their convergence to stationary states are studied.
Keywords
asymptotic behavior, cloud of particles, nonlinear parabolic equation, radially symmetric solutions
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Pages:
169-178
Main language of publication
English
Received
1994-07-25
Published
1995
Exact and natural sciences