On the Morse indices of sign changing solutions of nonlinear elliptic problems

Mathematische Zeitschrift

Volumn 233, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 655-677

  Bartsch, T ^a   Chang, K C ^b   Wang, Z Q ^b  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b NONE

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EID: 0034400761     PISSN: 00255874     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002090050492     Document Type: Article

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