Morse index and uniqueness for positive solutions of radial p-laplace equations

Transactions of the American Mathematical Society

Volumn 356, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 4255-4272

  Aftalion, Amandine ^a   Pacella, Filomena ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

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EID: 7544220208     PISSN: 00029947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1090/S0002-9947-04-03628-1     Document Type: Article

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