Comparison results between minimal barriers and viscosity solutions for geometric evolutions

Bellettini, Giovanni; Novaga, Matteo

Annali della Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa - Classe di Scienze, Série 4, Tome 26 (1998) no. 1, pp. 97-131.

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