Differentiability from the representation formula and the Sobolev-Poincaré inequality

Studia Mathematica

Volumn 168, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 251-272

  Magnani, Valentino ^a,b  

^a Università di Pisa ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

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EID: 18444414008     PISSN: 00393223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4064/sm168-3-5     Document Type: Article

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