Regularity near the characteristic set in the non-linear Dirichlet problem and conformal geometry of sub-Laplacians on Carnot groups

Mathematische Annalen

Volumn 318, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 453-516

  Garofalo, Nicola ^a   Vassilev, Dimiter ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0034368524     PISSN: 00255831     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002080000127     Document Type: Article

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