Uniqueness of the positive radial solution on an annulus of the Dirichlet problem for Δu - u + u3 = 0

Journal of Differential Equations

Volumn 128, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 379-386

  Coffman, Charles V ^a  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0030188065     PISSN: 00220396     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jdeq.1996.0100     Document Type: Article

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