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# Analytical and numerical results on the positivity of steady state solutions of a thin film equation

• We consider an equation for a thin film of fluid on a rotating cylinder and present several new analytical and numerical results on steady state solutions. First, we provide an elementary proof that both weak and classical steady states must be strictly positive so long as the speed of rotation is nonzero. Next, we formulate an iterative spectral algorithm for computing these steady states. Finally, we explore a non-existence inequality for steady state solutions from the recent work of Chugunova, Pugh & Taranets.
Mathematics Subject Classification: Primary: 74K35, 65M70; Secondary: 35B09.

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