Chapter 4 Symmetry of solutions of elliptic equations via maximum principles

Handbook of Differential Equations: Stationary Partial Differential Equations

Volumn 6, Issue , 2008, Pages 269-312

  Pacella, Filomena ^a   Ramaswamy, Mythily ^b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b TATA INSTITUTE OF FUNDAMENTAL RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

35B50; 35B99; 35J60; 35J70; Comparison principle; Degenerate elliptic equations; Elliptic equations; Foliated Schwarz symmetry; Maximum principle; Moving plane method

Indexed keywords

EID: 67649983784     PISSN: 18745733     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S1874-5733(08)80021-6     Document Type: Chapter

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