The Palais-Smale condition and Mañé's critical values

Annales Henri Poincare

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 655-684

  Contreras, G ^a   Iturriaga, R ^a   Paternain, G P ^a   Paternain, M ^a  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN EN MATEMÁTICAS   (Mexico)

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EID: 0034362640     PISSN: 14240637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00001011     Document Type: Article

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