Elliptic eigenvalue problems with large drift and applications to nonlinear propagation phenomena

Communications in Mathematical Physics

Volumn 253, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 451-480

  Berestycki, Henri ^a   Hamel, François ^b   Nadirashvili, Nikolai ^c,d  

^a ÉCOLE DES HAUTES ÉTUDES EN SCIENCES SOCIALES   (France)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^d CNRS   (France)

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EID: 11944266033     PISSN: 00103616     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00220-004-1201-9     Document Type: Article

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