A Sobolev inequality with remainder term and critical equations on domains with topology for the polyharmonic operator

Calculus of Variations and Partial Differential Equations

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 253-268

  Bartsch, Thomas ^a   Weth, Tobias ^a   Willem, Michel ^b  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

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EID: 0242550929     PISSN: 09442669     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00526-003-0198-9     Document Type: Article

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