
Variational inequalities 
281 
for  all  real 
Zl 
and provided  H(Z2)  satisfies  (6.191).  Combining (6.195) 
. and (6.197)  yields 
(6.198) 
The 
desired variational inequality follows  by substituting Z  = 
v(x) 
and 
integrating (6.198). 
It 
is 
(6.199) 
where 
cI>(v) 
= J 
4> 
(v 
(x» 
dx 
for  all  admissible 
v. 
Duvaut (1975)  proved that there exists  a  unique 
solution of (6.199) for which 
w 
:0, 
t=O. 
6.4.7.  Mathematical 
results 
Some references have been made in this chapter 
to 
investigations of the 
mathematical properties of  classical,  weak,  and variational solutions  of 
generalized Stefan-like problems. 
It 
is 
nQt 
intended in the present section 
to 
discuss these aspects in detail but simply 
to 
refer interested readers to 
some recenj surveys and 
the 
numerous references contained in them. One 
up-to-date  survey  by  Niezg6dka  (1983)  concentrates  on  recent  and 
lesser known results and extends earlier surveys by Friedman (1979) and 
Primicerio 
(1981a)  with  reference 
to 
the  bibliography by Wilson,  Sol-
omon,  and 
Trent 
(1979).  A  brief  historical  introduction  is  given  by 
Pawlow (1981). 
Niezg6dka (1983) listed 16 applications of practical origin with source 
references which  introduce various generalized features  and have moti-
vated  research  into 
the 
evaluation  of solutions  and  their  theoretical 
properties. His survey of mathematical results for generalized statements 
of Stefan-like problems  covers  one-dimensional  and multi-dimensional 
problems, both single and multi-phase. 
The 
concept  of  the  weak solution  introduced  by Kamenomostskaja 
(1961)  and  extended  by  Oleinik  (1960)  was  based 
on 
the  Kirchhoff 
transformation 
and 
the 
enthalpy function. Kamenomostskaja considered a 
two-phase  multi-dimensional  problem  and  proved  the  existence  and 
uniqueness  of  the  weak  solution  by  considering 
the 
convergence  of 
explicit  finite-difference  approximations 
as 
in  §6.2.2  above.  Oleinik 
(1960) used a smoothing technique 
to 
prove existence and uniqueness for 
a more general one-dimensional Stefan problem. 
The 
work of both these 
authors was refined and extended by Friedman (1968). 
The 
more general 
problem with  parameters dependent on space,  time,  and temperature, 
and with  a derivative condition on the fixed  boundary, was  investigated