Harnack type inequality: The method of moving planes

Communications in Mathematical Physics

Volumn 200, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 421-444

  Li, Yan Yan ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0033248355     PISSN: 00103616     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002200050536     Document Type: Article

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