Symmetry results for viscosity solutions of fully nonlinear uniformly elliptic equations

Journal of the European Mathematical Society

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 317-330

  Da Lio, Francesca ^a   Sirakov, Boyan ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS OUEST NANTERRE LA DÉFENSE   (France)

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

Author keywords

Fully nonlinear equations; Symmetry; Viscosity solutions

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846644454     PISSN: 14359855     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4171/JEMS/81     Document Type: Article

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