Principal eigenvalue for an elliptic problem with indefinite weight on cylindrical domains

Mathematical Biosciences and Engineering

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 315-335

  Kao, Chiu Yen ^a   Lou, Yuan ^a   Yanagida, Eiji ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cylindrical domain; Local minimizer; Principal eigenvalue

Indexed keywords

EID: 52049093238     PISSN: 15471063     EISSN: 15510018     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3934/mbe.2008.5.315     Document Type: Article

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