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Liouville theorems on some indefinite equations

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 November 2011

Meijun Zhu
Meijun Zhu
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver BC, Canada V6T 1Z2
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Abstract

In this note, we present some Liouville type theorems about the non-negative solutions to some indefinite elliptic equations.

Type
Research Article
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Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh Section A: Mathematics , Volume 129 , Issue 3 , 1999 , pp. 649 - 661
Copyright
Copyright © Royal Society of Edinburgh 1999

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