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Comparison Theorems for Linear Elliptic Equations

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2018

V.B. Headley
V.B. Headley*
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics Brock University St. Catharines, Ontario L2S 3A1
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Abstract

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TWO comparison theorems, one of pointwise type and one of integral type, will be obtained for linear elliptic equations of order 2m on an exterior domain in Rn

Keywords

35B0534C10
Type
Research Article
Information
Canadian Mathematical Bulletin , Volume 36 , Issue 2 , 01 June 1993 , pp. 164 - 172
Copyright
Copyright © Canadian Mathematical Society 1993

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