Bernstein and De Giorgi type problems: New results via a geometric approach

Annali della Scuola Normale - Classe di Scienze

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 741-791

  Farina, Alberto ^a   Sciunzi, Berardino ^b   Valdinoci, Enrico ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE PICARDIE JULES VERNE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

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