Some remarks on singular solutions of nonlinear elliptic equations. I

Journal of Fixed Point Theory and Applications

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 353-395

  Caffarelli, Luis ^a   Li, Yan Yan ^b   Nirenberg, Louis ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Method of moving planes; Nonlinear elliptic equations; Singular solutions; Strong maximum principle

Indexed keywords

EID: 71449125008     PISSN: 16617738     EISSN: 16617746     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11784-009-0107-8     Document Type: Article

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