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Phenomena of critical exponent in ℝ2

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 November 2011

Adimurthi
Affiliation:
T.I.F.R. Centre, P.B. No. 1234, Bangalore 560 012, India
P. N. Srikanth
Affiliation:
T.I.F.R. Centre, P.B. No. 1234, Bangalore 560 012, India
S. L. Yadava
Affiliation:
T.I.F.R. Centre, P.B. No. 1234, Bangalore 560 012, India

Synopsis

In this paper we make an attempt to explain the critical phenomena in ℝ2. We do this by exhibiting a class of functions having growth and for which

do not admit a solution when R is sufficiently small, where B(R) denotes the ball of radius R in ℝ2.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Royal Society of Edinburgh 1991

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