Optimal interior and boundary regularity for almost minimizers to elliptic variational integrals

Journal fur die Reine und Angewandte Mathematik

Volumn , Issue 546, 2002, Pages 73-138

  Duzaar, Frank ^a   Steffen, Klaus ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

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EID: 0036265561     PISSN: 00754102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/crll.2002.046     Document Type: Article

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