Symmetrization and minimax principles

Communications in Contemporary Mathematics

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 463-481

  Van Schaftingen, Jean ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Elliptic partial differential equations; Linking theorem; Minimax theorems; Polarization; Symmetrization; Symmetry of solutions

Indexed keywords

EID: 24144478505     PISSN: 02191997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0219199705001817     Document Type: Article

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