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The mathematics of varistors

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 May 2016

GIOVANNI CIMATTI
GIOVANNI CIMATTI*
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, University of Pisa, 56127, Pisa, Largo Bruno Pontecorvo 5, Italy email: cimatti@dm.unipi.it
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Abstract

A three-dimensional model of the varistor device is proposed. The thermal and electric conductivity of the material are taken to depend, in addition to the electric potential, on the temperature. Two theorems of existence and uniqueness of solutions for the boundary-value problem which determine the potential and the temperature inside the device are proposed. Levy–Caccioppoli global inversion theorem is used for the proof.

Keywords

varistornonlinear elliptic problemsexistenceuniqueness of solutionsLevy–Caccioppoli global inversion theorem
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European Journal of Applied Mathematics , Volume 28 , Issue 2 , April 2017 , pp. 208 - 220
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2016 

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