Multiplicity of positive solutions for some quasilinear elliptic equation in ℝn with critical Sobolev exponent

Journal of Differential Equations

Volumn 140, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 106-132

  Drábek, Pavel ^a,b   Huang, Yin Xi ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WEST BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

^b University of Memphis   (United States)

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EID: 0031563737     PISSN: 00220396     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jdeq.1997.3306     Document Type: Article

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