A strong maximum principle for weak solutions of quasi-linear elliptic equations with applications to Lorentzian and Riemannian geometry

Communications on Pure and Applied Mathematics

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 581-624

  Andersson, Lars ^a   Galloway, Gregory J ^c   Howard, Ralph ^b  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c University of Miami   (United States)

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EID: 0032397328     PISSN: 00103640     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0312(199806)51:6<581::AID-CPA2>3.0.CO;2-3     Document Type: Article

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