Solutions of elliptic equations with a level surface parallel to the boundary: Stability of the radial configuration

Journal d'Analyse Mathematique

Volumn 128, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 337-353

  Ciraolo, Giulio ^a   Magnanini, Rolando ^b   Sakaguchi, Shigeru ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^c TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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EID: 84962422615     PISSN: 00217670     EISSN: 15658538     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11854-016-0011-2     Document Type: Article

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