Existence of positive solutions for m-Laplacian equations in ℝN involving critical Sobolev exponents

Nonlinear Analysis, Theory, Methods and Applications

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 53-70

  Goncalves J V ^a   Alves, C O ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARAÍBA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Critical Sobolev exponents; Existence of positive solutions; m Laplacian equations

Indexed keywords

FUNCTIONS; INTEGRATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; THEOREM PROVING;

CRITICAL SOBOLEV EXPONENTS; LAPLACIAN EQUATIONS; MOUNTAIN PASS THEOREM;

PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS;

EID: 0032014769     PISSN: 0362546X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0362-546X(97)00452-5     Document Type: Article

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