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Liouville theorems for linear elliptic systems

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 November 2011

N. Weck
Affiliation:
Fachbereich 6, Mathematik, Universität Essen Gesamthochschule, 4300 Essen 1, B.R.D

Synopsis

Liouville theorems are obtained for general elliptic PDE-systems ℒU(x): = Σlɑl≦21Aα(x) əαU(x)=0 essentially under the assumption that ℒ satisfies a coerciveness estimate over .

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Royal Society of Edinburgh 1983

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