On Neumann problems for semilinear elliptic equations with critical nonlinearity: Existence and symmetry of multi-peaked solutions

Communications in Partial Differential Equations

Volumn 22, Issue 9-10, 1997, Pages 1493-1527

  Maier Paape, Stanislaus ^a   Schmitt, Klaus ^b   Wang, Zhi Qiang ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUGSBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^c UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0001164698     PISSN: 03605302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03605309708821309     Document Type: Article

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