This volume collects most of the lectures and communications presented to the International Conference which took place in Nancy in March 1988. The main issues addressed were: nonlinear elliptic equations and systems, parabolic equations, time-dependent systems and the calculus of variations.

The book is an account on recent advances in elliptic and parabolic problems and related equations, including general quasi-linear equations, variational structures, Bose-Einstein condensate, Chern-Simons model, geometric shell theory and stability in fluids. It presents very up-to-date research on central issues of these problems such as maximal regularity, bubbling, blowing-up, bifurcation of solutions and wave interaction. The contributors are well known leading mathematicians and prominent young researchers.The proceedings have been selected for coverage in:• Index to Scientific & Technical Proceedings® (ISTP® / ISI Proceedings)• Index to Scientific & Technical Proceedings (ISTP CDROM version / ISI Proceedings)• CC Proceedings — Engineering & Physical Sciences

This volume is a collection of articles discussing the most recent advances on various topics in partial differential equations. Many important issues regarding evolution problems, their asymptotic behavior and their qualitative properties are addressed. The quality and completeness of the articles will make this book a source of inspiration and references in the future. Contents: Steady Free Convection in a Bounded and Saturated Porous Medium (S Akesbi et al.); Quasilinear Parabolic Functional Evolution Equations (H Amann); A Linear Parabolic Problem with Non-Dissipative Dynamical Boundary Conditions (C Bandle & W Reichel); Remarks on Some Class of Nonlocal Elliptic Problems (M Chipot); On Some Definitions and Properties of Generalized Convex Sets Arising in the Calculus of Variations (B Dacorogna et al.); Note on the Asymptotic Behavior of Solutions to an Anisotropic Crystalline Curvature Flow (C Hirota et al.); A Reaction-Diffusion Approximation to a Cross-Diffusion System (M Iida et al.); Bifurcation Diagrams to an Elliptic Equation Involving the Critical Sobolev Exponent with the Robin Condition (Y Kabeya); Ginzburg-Landau Functional in a Thin Loop and Local Minimizers (S Kosugi & Y Morita); Singular Limit for Some Reaction Diffusion System (K Nakashima); Rayleigh-Benard Convection in a Rectangular Domain (T Ogawa & T Okuda); Some Convergence Results for Elliptic Problems with Periodic Data (Y Xie); On Global Unbounded Solutions for a Semilinear Parabolic Equation (E Yanagida). Key Features An accessible presentation of the latest, cutting-edge topics in partial differential equations Written by leading scholars in related fields Readership: Graduate students and researchers in partial differential equations and nonlinear science.

This volume is a collection of articles discussing the most recent advances on various topics in partial differential equations. Many important issues regarding evolution problems, their asymptotic behavior and their qualitative properties are addressed. The quality and completeness of the articles will make this book a source of inspiration and references in the future. Contents: Steady Free Convection in a Bounded and Saturated Porous Medium (S Akesbi et al.); Quasilinear Parabolic Functional Evolution Equations (H Amann); A Linear Parabolic Problem with Non-Dissipative Dynamical Boundary Conditions (C Bandle & W Reichel); Remarks on Some Class of Nonlocal Elliptic Problems (M Chipot); On Some Definitions and Properties of Generalized Convex Sets Arising in the Calculus of Variations (B Dacorogna et al.); Note on the Asymptotic Behavior of Solutions to an Anisotropic Crystalline Curvature Flow (C Hirota et al.); A Reaction-Diffusion Approximation to a Cross-Diffusion System (M Iida et al.); Bifurcation Diagrams to an Elliptic Equation Involving the Critical Sobolev Exponent with the Robin Condition (Y Kabeya); Ginzburg-Landau Functional in a Thin Loop and Local Minimizers (S Kosugi & Y Morita); Singular Limit for Some Reaction Diffusion System (K Nakashima); Rayleigh-B(r)nard Convection in a Rectangular Domain (T Ogawa & T Okuda); Some Convergence Results for Elliptic Problems with Periodic Data (Y Xie); On Global Unbounded Solutions for a Semilinear Parabolic Equation (E Yanagida). Readership: Graduate students and researchers in partial differential equations and nonlinear science.

This volume is a collection of articles discussing the most recent advances on various topics in partial differential equations. Many important issues regarding evolution problems, their asymptotic behavior and their qualitative properties are addressed. The quality and completeness of the articles will make this book a source of inspiration and references in the future.

The book is an account on recent advances in elliptic and parabolic problems and related equations, including general quasi-linear equations, variational structures, Bose-Einstein condensate, Chern-Simons model, geometric shell theory and stability in fluids. It presents very up-to-date research on central issues of these problems such as maximal regularity, bubbling, blowing-up, bifurcation of solutions and wave interaction. The contributors are well known leading mathematicians and prominent young researchers.The proceedings have been selected for coverage in: • Index to Scientific & Technical Proceedings® (ISTP® / ISI Proceedings)• Index to Scientific & Technical Proceedings (ISTP CDROM version / ISI Proceedings)• CC Proceedings — Engineering & Physical Sciences

This volume collects most of the lectures and communications presented to the International Conference which took place in Nancy in March 1988. The main issues addressed were: nonlinear elliptic equations and systems, parabolic equations, time-dependent systems and the calculus of variations.