On the strong maximum principle for fully nonlinear degenerate elliptic equations

Archiv der Mathematik

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 276-285

  Bardi, Martino ^a   Da Lio, Francesca ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

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EID: 0033247049     PISSN: 0003889X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s000130050399     Document Type: Article

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