A three critical points theorem revisited

Nonlinear Analysis, Theory, Methods and Applications

Volumn 70, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 3084-3089

  Ricceri, Biagio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Critical points; Minimax theorems; Multiplicity

Indexed keywords

BANACH SPACES; NUMBER THEORY; TOPOLOGY;

BOUNDED SUBSETS; CRITICAL POINTS; CRITICAL POINTS THEOREMS; MATRIXES; MINIMAX THEOREMS; MULTIPLICITY; POSITIVE REALS; SEMI-CONTINUOUS; THREE SOLUTIONS;

EQUATIONS OF STATE;

EID: 61349180206     PISSN: 0362546X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.na.2008.04.010     Document Type: Article

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