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Hölder continuity of solutions of some degenerate elliptic differential equations

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 April 2009

Ahmed Mohammed
Ahmed Mohammed
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics & Computer Science, Faculty of Science, Kuwait University, P.O.Box 5969, Safat 13060, Kuwait e-mail: ahmedm@sun490.sci.kuniv.edu.kw
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Abstract

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Weak solutions of the degenerate elliptic differential equation Lu := −div(A (x)∇u)+b·∇u+Vu = f, with |b|2ω−1, V, f in some appropriate function spaces, will be shown to be Hölder continuous.

Type
Research Article
Information
Bulletin of the Australian Mathematical Society , Volume 62 , Issue 3 , December 2000 , pp. 369 - 377
Copyright
Copyright © Australian Mathematical Society 2000

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