Remarks on the Strong Maximum Principle for viscosity solutions to fully nonlinear parabolic equations

Communications on Pure and Applied Analysis

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 395-415

  Da Lio, Francesca ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Degenerate parabolic equations; Fully nonlinear pde's; Hamilton Jacobi equations; Propagation of maxima; Strong maximum principle; Viscosity solutions

Indexed keywords

EID: 24944520453     PISSN: 15340392     EISSN: 15535258     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3934/cpaa.2004.3.395     Document Type: Article

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