Gidas-Ni-Nirenberg results for finite difference equations: Estimates of approximate symmetry

Journal of Mathematical Analysis and Applications

Volumn 334, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 206-222

  McKenna, P J ^a   Reichel, W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Approximate symmetry; Finite difference equations; Nonlinear boundary value problems

Indexed keywords

EID: 34249331286     PISSN: 0022247X     EISSN: 10960813     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmaa.2006.12.011     Document Type: Article

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