Liouville type theorems, monotonicity results and a priori bounds for positive solutions of elliptic systems

Mathematische Annalen

Volumn 333, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 231-260

  De Figueiredo, Djairo G ^a   Sirakov, Boyan ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS NANTERRE   (France)

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

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EID: 26444499514     PISSN: 00255831     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00208-005-0639-1     Document Type: Article

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