%0 Journal Article %T On the dynamics of the characteristic curves for the LSW model %A Juan J. L. Velazquez %J Electronic Journal of Differential Equations %D 2006 %I Texas State University %X This paper describes in a rigorous manner how the dynamics of the characteristic curves for the Lifshitz-Slyozov-Wagner (LSW) model of coarsening transforms a class of noncompactly supported initial data in functions that behave in a self-similar manner for long times. %K Oswald ripening %K asymptotic behavior %K Schwartzian derivative %K integral equations. %U http://ejde.math.txstate.edu/Volumes/2006/52/abstr.html