On the existence and the profile of nodal solutions of elliptic equations involving critical growth

Calculus of Variations and Partial Differential Equations

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 265-282

  Bartsch, Thomas ^a   Micheletti, Anna Maria ^b   Pistoia, Angela ^c  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Critical exponent; Nodal domains; Sign changing solutions

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646504149     PISSN: 09442669     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00526-006-0004-6     Document Type: Article

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