Upper and lower bounds for the first dirichlet eigenvalue of a triangle

Proceedings of the American Mathematical Society

Volumn 134, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 2083-2089

  Freitas, Pedro ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSIDADE DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

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EID: 33745958195     PISSN: 00029939     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1090/S0002-9939-06-08339-0     Document Type: Article

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