Multi-peak solutions for a class of degenerate elliptic equations

Asymptotic Analysis

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 115-147

  Giacomini, Alessandro ^a   Squassina, Marco ^b  

^a SISSA   (Italy)

^b POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Degenerate elliptic equations; Multi peak solutions; Nonsmooth critical point theory; Palais Smale condition; Poho aev Pucci Serrin identity

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; FUNCTION EVALUATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; SET THEORY; THEOREM PROVING;

DEGENERATE ELLIPTIC EQUATIONS; NONSMOOTH CRITICAL POINT THEORY; PALAIS-SMALE CONDITION; POHOZAEV-PUCCI-SERRIN IDENTITY;

PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS;

EID: 0344118764     PISSN: 09217134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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