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# Oblique derivative problems for elliptic and parabolic equations

• These notes are based on a series of lectures given by the author at the summer school of Partial Differential Equations at East China Normal University, Shanghai, July 18 through August 3, 2011. In these notes, we present information about linear oblique derivative problems for parabolic equations and nonlinear oblique derivative problems for elliptic equations. For the most part, all the theorems are true for both parabolic and elliptic problems provided we make some simple changes in the statements of the theorems to take into account the differences between the two types of equations, but we won't try to provide complete statements of results for the two classes of equations. Instead, we focus on presenting the basic techniques for these problems. Moreover, we only study second order equations, so that the maximum principle can be applied.
Mathematics Subject Classification: Primary: 35K20 , 35J25; Secondary: 35B45, 35J65.

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