An introduction to the regularity theory for elliptic systems, harmonic maps and minimal graphs

An Introduction to the Regularity Theory for Elliptic Systems, Harmonic Maps and Minimal Graphs

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 1-369

  Giaquinta, Mariano ^a   Martinazzi, Luca ^b  

^a SCUOLA NORMALE SUPERIORE   (Italy)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CALCULATIONS; HARMONIC ANALYSIS; HARMONIC FUNCTIONS; SOBOLEV SPACES; VECTOR SPACES;

CALCULUS OF VARIATIONS; CALDERON-ZYGMUND; ENERGY ESTIMATES; ENERGY MINIMIZING; HILBERT SPACE METHOD; PARTIAL REGULARITY; REGULARITY THEORIES; VARIATIONAL PROBLEMS;

GRAPH THEORY;

EID: 85019814503     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-88-7642-443-4     Document Type: Book

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