Existence of a solution and its numerical approximation for a strongly nonlinear coupled system in anisotropic Orlicz-Sobolev spaces

Abstract

We study the existence of a capacity solution for a nonlinear elliptic coupled system in anisotropic Orlicz-Sobolev spaces. The unknowns are the temperature inside a semiconductor material, and the electric potential. This system may be considered as a generalization of the steady-state thermistor problem. The numerical solution is also analyzed by means of the least squares method in combination with a conjugate gradient technique.