Regularity of the nodal set of segregated critical configurations under a weak reflection law

Calculus of Variations and Partial Differential Equations

Volumn 45, Issue 3-4, 2012, Pages 273-317

  Tavares, Hugo ^a   Terracini, Susanna ^b  

^a Universidade de Lisboa   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

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EID: 84867730874     PISSN: 09442669     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00526-011-0458-z     Document Type: Article

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