Strong positivity of solutions to parabolic and elliptic equations on nonsmooth domains

Journal of Mathematical Analysis and Applications

Volumn 275, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 208-221

  Le, Dung ^a   Smith, Hal ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0036868406     PISSN: 0022247X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-247X(02)00314-1     Document Type: Article

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