Energy bounds for entire nodal solutions of autonomous superlinear equations

Calculus of Variations and Partial Differential Equations

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 421-437

  Weth, Tobias ^a  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

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EID: 33749244096     PISSN: 09442669     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00526-006-0015-3     Document Type: Article

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