An optimal constant for the existence of least energy solutions of a coupled Schrödinger system

Calculus of Variations and Partial Differential Equations

Volumn 48, Issue 3-4, 2013, Pages 695-711

  Chen, Zhijie ^a   Zou, Wenming ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

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EID: 84885611720     PISSN: 09442669     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00526-012-0568-2     Document Type: Article

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