On the effect of the domain geometry on the existence of sign changing solutions to elliptic problems with critical and supercritical growth

Nonlinearity

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 851-866

  Micheletti, Anna Maria ^a   Pistoia, Angela ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

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EID: 2442691792     PISSN: 09517715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0951-7715/17/3/007     Document Type: Article

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