Uniqueness of Symmetric Vortex Solutions in the Ginzburg-Landau Model of Superconductivity

Journal of Functional Analysis

Volumn 167, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 399-424

  Alama, Stan ^a   Bronsard, Lia ^a   Giorgi, Tiziana ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 0042031700     PISSN: 00221236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jfan.1999.3447     Document Type: Article

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