TY - JOUR AU - Díaz Díaz, Jesús Ildefonso AU - Álvarez, Luis PY - 1991 DO - 10.1016/0022-247X(91)90008-N SN - 0022-247X UR - https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/57512 T2 - Journal of Mathematical Analysis and Applications AB - We study the initial behavior of the fronts (for interfaces) generated by the solutions of the equation ut=(um)xx+b(uλ)x, where m,b,λ>0 are real numbers. We derive a mass comparison principle that allows us to give necessary and sufficient conditions... LA - eng M2 - 378 PB - Elsevier KW - diffusion-convection equation KW - mass comparison principle KW - waiting times TI - Sufficient and necessary initial mass conditions for the existence of a waiting time in nonlinear-convection processes TY - journal article VL - 155 ER -