Positivity, symmetry and uniqueness for minimizers of second-order Sobolev inequalities

Annali di Matematica Pura ed Applicata

Volumn 186, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 565-578

  Ferrero, Alberto ^a   Gazzola, Filippo ^b   Weth, Tobias ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^c JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

35Z40; 35Z60

Indexed keywords

EID: 47749115812     PISSN: 03733114     EISSN: 16181891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10231-006-0019-9     Document Type: Article

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