Non-existence of positive solutions of fully nonlinear elliptic equations in unbounded domains

Communications on Pure and Applied Analysis

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 125-141

  Rossi, Luca ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Fully nonlinear elliptic equations; Positive solutions; Unbounded domains; Viscosity solutions

Indexed keywords

EID: 38349092416     PISSN: 15340392     EISSN: 15535258     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3934/cpaa.2008.7.125     Document Type: Article

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