Proof of a conjecture for the perturbed Gelfand equation from Combustion theory

Journal of Differential Equations

Volumn 173, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 213-230

  Du, Yihong ^a   Lou, Yuan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

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EID: 0035402409     PISSN: 00220396     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jdeq.2000.3932     Document Type: Article

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