A Liouville theorem, a-priori bounds, and bifurcating branches of positive solutions for a nonlinear elliptic system

Calculus of Variations and Partial Differential Equations

Volumn 37, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 345-361

  Bartsch, Thomas ^a   Dancer, Norman ^b   Wang, Zhi Qiang ^c  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 77949774974     PISSN: 09442669     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00526-009-0265-y     Document Type: Article

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