The Impact of the Mountain Pass Theory in Nonlinear Analysis: A Mathematical Survey

Bollettino dell'Unione Matematica Italiana

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 543-582

  Pucci, Patrola ^a   Rǎdulescu, VlCENTIU ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^b INSTITUTE OF MATHEMATICS   (Romania)

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