The effect of the domain topology on the number of minimal nodal solutions of an elliptic equation at critical growth in a symmetric domain

Nonlinearity

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 579-590

  Castro, Alfonso ^a   Clapp, Mónica ^b  

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

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

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EID: 0242308187     PISSN: 09517715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0951-7715/16/2/313     Document Type: Article

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