Ljusternik-Schnirelman theory in partially ordered Hilbert spaces

Transactions of the American Mathematical Society

Volumn 354, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 3207-3227

  Li, Shujie ^a   Wang, Zhi Qiang ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Ljusternik Schnirelman theory; Minimax method; Order structure; Sign changing solutions

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036702017     PISSN: 00029947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1090/S0002-9947-02-03031-3     Document Type: Article

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