Positive solutions to singular second and third order differential equations for quantum fluids

Archive for Rational Mechanics and Analysis

Volumn 156, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 183-203

  Gamba, Irene M ^a   Jüngel, Ansgar ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

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EID: 0035582812     PISSN: 00039527     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002050000114     Document Type: Article

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