Maximum and anti-maximum principles and eigenfunctions estimates via perturbation theory of positive solutions of elliptic equations

Mathematische Annalen

Volumn 314, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 555-590

  Pinchover, Yehuda ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

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EID: 0033458245     PISSN: 00255831     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002080050307     Document Type: Article

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