L. C. Evans

4.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
34 papers, 2.9k citations indexed

About

L. C. Evans is a scholar working on Computational Theory and Mathematics, Applied Mathematics and Numerical Analysis. According to data from OpenAlex, L. C. Evans has authored 34 papers receiving a total of 2.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 14 papers in Computational Theory and Mathematics, 14 papers in Applied Mathematics and 6 papers in Numerical Analysis. Recurrent topics in L. C. Evans's work include Advanced Mathematical Modeling in Engineering (12 papers), Geometric Analysis and Curvature Flows (7 papers) and Nonlinear Partial Differential Equations (5 papers). L. C. Evans is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Mathematical Modeling in Engineering (12 papers), Geometric Analysis and Curvature Flows (7 papers) and Nonlinear Partial Differential Equations (5 papers). L. C. Evans collaborates with scholars based in United States, Japan and Italy. L. C. Evans's co-authors include Michael G. Crandall, Pierre‐Louis Lions, Panagiotis E. Souganidis, H. Meté Soner, Ronald Gariepy, Martino Bardi, Joel Spruck, Italo Capuzzo Dolcetta, Diogo A. Gomes and Hitoshi Ishii and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Communications on Pure and Applied Mathematics and Transactions of the American Mathematical Society.

In The Last Decade

L. C. Evans

34 papers receiving 2.4k citations

Hit Papers

Some properties of viscosity solutions of Hamilton-Jacobi... 1984 2026 1998 2012 1984 250 500 750
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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Some properties of viscosity solutions of Hamilton-Jacobi equations
    1984 783 citations Michael G. Crandall, L. C. Evans et al. Transactions of the American Mathematical Society profile →

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Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
L. C. Evans United States 25 1.4k 1.2k 548 460 378 34 2.9k
Lawrence Evans United States 8 1.1k 0.8× 941 0.8× 788 1.4× 392 0.9× 291 0.8× 9 2.9k
John S. Maybee United States 17 1.4k 1.0× 1.5k 1.2× 932 1.7× 601 1.3× 552 1.5× 67 3.3k
Martino Bardi Italy 21 929 0.7× 1.2k 1.0× 324 0.6× 724 1.6× 419 1.1× 60 3.0k
Wolfgang Walter Germany 27 1.6k 1.1× 1.2k 1.0× 641 1.2× 816 1.8× 799 2.1× 118 3.4k
Italo Capuzzo-Dolcetta Italy 8 743 0.5× 975 0.8× 257 0.5× 584 1.3× 349 0.9× 11 2.5k
Giuseppe Savaré Italy 28 2.3k 1.6× 1.1k 0.9× 709 1.3× 270 0.6× 183 0.5× 81 3.6k
Lawrence C. Evans United States 27 3.0k 2.2× 2.4k 1.9× 1.4k 2.6× 479 1.0× 437 1.2× 55 4.9k
Alessandra Lunardi Italy 21 2.0k 1.5× 1.6k 1.3× 1.2k 2.2× 1.2k 2.6× 516 1.4× 81 3.3k
Diego Pallara Italy 15 1.8k 1.3× 1.5k 1.2× 1.2k 2.1× 308 0.7× 177 0.5× 66 3.4k
Andrzej Lasota Poland 24 675 0.5× 519 0.4× 1.1k 1.9× 368 0.8× 312 0.8× 97 3.3k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Evans, L. C., et al.. (2018). A comparison of encoding methods for automated design of optical architectures. 13. 19–19. 2 indexed citations
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Barron, E. N., L. C. Evans, & R. Jensen. (2007). The infinity Laplacian, Aronsson’s equation and their generalizations. Transactions of the American Mathematical Society. 360(1). 77–101. 73 indexed citations
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Evans, L. C., et al.. (2004). IRREVERSIBILITY AND HYSTERESIS FOR A FORWARD–BACKWARD DIFFUSION EQUATION. Mathematical Models and Methods in Applied Sciences. 14(11). 1599–1620. 36 indexed citations
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Evans, L. C. & Diogo A. Gomes. (2002). Effective Hamiltonians and Averaging¶for Hamiltonian Dynamics II. Archive for Rational Mechanics and Analysis. 161(4). 271–305. 17 indexed citations
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Crandall, Michael G. & L. C. Evans. (2001). A remark on infinity harmonic functions. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 40 indexed citations
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Evans, L. C. & Diogo A. Gomes. (2001). Effective Hamiltonians and Averaging for Hamiltonian Dynamics I. Archive for Rational Mechanics and Analysis. 157(1). 1–33. 74 indexed citations
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Crandall, Michael G., L. C. Evans, & Ronald Gariepy. (2001). Optimal Lipschitz extensions and the infinity laplacian. Calculus of Variations and Partial Differential Equations. 13(2). 123–139. 157 indexed citations
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Chopp, David L., L. C. Evans, & Hitoshi Ishii. (1999). Waiting time effects for Gauss curvature flows. Indiana University Mathematics Journal. 48(1). 0–0. 19 indexed citations
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Evans, L. C., Mikhail Feldman, & Ronald Gariepy. (1997). Fast/slow diffusion and collapsing sandpiles. Journal of Differential Equations. 137(1). 166–209. 47 indexed citations
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Adalsteinsson, David, L. C. Evans, & Hitoshi Ishii. (1997). The Level Set Method for Etching and Deposition. Mathematical Models and Methods in Applied Sciences. 7(8). 1153–1186. 3 indexed citations
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Aronsson, Gunnar, L. C. Evans, & Yantao Wu. (1996). Fast/Slow Diffusion and Growing Sandpiles. Journal of Differential Equations. 131(2). 304–335. 82 indexed citations
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Evans, L. C. & Joel Spruck. (1992). Motion of level sets by mean curvature III. Journal of Geometric Analysis. 2(2). 121–150. 113 indexed citations
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Barles, Guy, L. C. Evans, & Panagiotis E. Souganidis. (1990). Wavefront propagation for reaction-diffusion systems of PDE. Duke Mathematical Journal. 61(3). 68 indexed citations
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Barron, E. N., L. C. Evans, & R. Jensen. (1984). Viscosity solutions of Isaacs' equations and differential games with Lipschitz controls. Journal of Differential Equations. 53(2). 213–233. 69 indexed citations
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Dolcetta, Italo Capuzzo & L. C. Evans. (1984). Optimal Switching for Ordinary Differential Equations. SIAM Journal on Control and Optimization. 22(1). 143–161. 110 indexed citations
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Crandall, Michael G., L. C. Evans, & Pierre‐Louis Lions. (1984). Some properties of viscosity solutions of Hamilton-Jacobi equations. Transactions of the American Mathematical Society. 282(2). 487–502. 783 indexed citations breakdown →
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Crandall, Michael G., L. C. Evans, & Pierre Louis Lions. (1984). Some Properties of Viscosity Solutions of Hamilton-Jacobi Equations. Transactions of the American Mathematical Society. 282(2). 487–487. 157 indexed citations
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Evans, L. C. & Hitoshi Ishii. (1984). Differential games and nonlinear first order PDE on bounded domains. manuscripta mathematica. 49(2). 109–139. 25 indexed citations
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Caffarelli, Luis & L. C. Evans. (1983). Continuity of the temperature in the two-phase Stefan problem. Archive for Rational Mechanics and Analysis. 81(3). 199–220. 79 indexed citations
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Crandall, Michael G. & L. C. Evans. (1975). On the relation of the operator ∂/∂s+∂/∂τ to evolution governed by accretive operators. Israel Journal of Mathematics. 21(4). 261–278. 58 indexed citations

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