## Rocky Mountain Journal of Mathematics

### A hyperbolic non-local problem modelling MEMS technology

#### Article information

Source
Rocky Mountain J. Math., Volume 41, Number 2 (2011), 505-534.

Dates
First available in Project Euclid: 2 May 2011

https://projecteuclid.org/euclid.rmjm/1304345451

Digital Object Identifier
doi:10.1216/RMJ-2011-41-2-505

Mathematical Reviews number (MathSciNet)
MR2794451

Zentralblatt MATH identifier
1228.35132

#### Citation

Kavallaris, N.I.; Lacey, A.A.; Nikolopoulos, C.V.; Tzanetis, D.E. A hyperbolic non-local problem modelling MEMS technology. Rocky Mountain J. Math. 41 (2011), no. 2, 505--534. doi:10.1216/RMJ-2011-41-2-505. https://projecteuclid.org/euclid.rmjm/1304345451

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