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Perturbation of zeros in the presence of symmetries

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 April 2009

E. N. Dancer
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics University of New England Armidale, N.S.W. 2351, Australia
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Abstract

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We study the existence of zeros of a perturbed nonlinear operator near a zero of the unperturbed operator in the case where both operators are invariant under a symmetry group. To do this, we first correct some work of Rubinsztein on the G-homotopy groups of spheres.

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Research Article
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Copyright © Australian Mathematical Society 1984

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