A Priori Bounds and Multiple Solutions for Superlinear Indefinite Elliptic Problems

Journal of Differential Equations

Volumn 146, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 336-374

  Amann, H ^a   Lopez Gomez J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Superlinear elliptic boundary value problems; positive solutions; maximum principles; a priori estimates

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001030383     PISSN: 00220396     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jdeq.1998.3440     Document Type: Article

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