Maximum and comparison principles for convex functions on the Heisenberg group

Communications in Partial Differential Equations

Volumn 29, Issue 9-10, 2004, Pages 1305-1334

  Gutiérrez, Cristian E ^a   Montanari, Annamaria ^b  

^a Temple University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Comparison principle; Convex functions on the Heisenberg group; Maximum principle; Monge Amp re measures; Null Lagrangian property; Oscillation estimate

Indexed keywords

EID: 10844245663     PISSN: 03605302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1081/PDE-200037752     Document Type: Article

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