On the equivalence of viscosity solutions and weak solutions for a quasi-linear equation

SIAM Journal on Mathematical Analysis

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 699-717

  Juutinen, Petri ^a   Lindqvist, Peter ^b   Manfredi, Juan J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

p Laplacian; p superharmonic functions; Viscosity solutions

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036345277     PISSN: 00361410     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1137/S0036141000372179     Document Type: Article

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