Qualitative properties of positive solutions of semilinear elliptic equations in symmetric domains via the maximum principle

Annales de l'Institut Henri Poincare (C) Analyse Non Lineaire

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 631-652

  Damascelli, Lucio ^a   Grossi, Massimo ^b   Pacella, Filomena ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

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EID: 0005437692     PISSN: 02941449     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0294-1449(99)80030-4     Document Type: Article

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