Existence of multiple principal eigenvalues for some indefinite linear eigenvalue problems

Bollettino della Unione Matematica Italiana B

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 159-188

  Fleckinger, J ^a   Hernandez J ^b   De Thelin F ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOULOUSE CAPITOLE   (France)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PAUL SABATIER   (France)

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