Pointwise growth and uniqueness of positive solutions for a class of sublinear elliptic problems where bifurcation from infinity occurs

Archive for Rational Mechanics and Analysis

Volumn 145, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 261-289

  Garcia Melian J ^a   Gomez Renasco R ^a   Lopez Gomez J ^b   Sabina De Lis, J C ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LA LAGUNA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

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EID: 0039758211     PISSN: 00039527     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002050050130     Document Type: Article

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