Spectral Flow and Bifurcation of Critical Points of Strongly-Indefinite Functionals Part I. General Theory

Journal of Functional Analysis

Volumn 162, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 52-95

  Fitzpatrick, Patrick M ^a   Pejsachowicz, Jacobo ^b   Recht, Lazaro ^c  

^a Bldg 142   (United States)

^b POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSIDAD SIMÓN BOLÍVAR   (Venezuela)

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EID: 0001920144     PISSN: 00221236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jfan.1998.3366     Document Type: Article

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