Bulletin of the American Mathematical Society

Author(s): Haim Brezis
Journal: Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 40 (2003), 179-201.
MSC (2000): Primary 35A15, 35A20, 35J50, 35J65, 35Qxx, 46Txx, 47Hxx, 47Jxx, 55Pxx, 58E15
Posted: February 12, 2003
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Haim Brezis
Affiliation: Department of Mathematics, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ 08854 - Laboratoire Jacques-Louis Lions, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Boîte courrier 187, 4 place Jussieu, 75252 Paris cedex 05, France
Email: brezis@math.rutgers.edu, brezis@ann.jussieu.fr, brezis@ccr.jussieu.fr

DOI: 10.1090/S0273-0979-03-00976-5
PII: S 0273-0979(03)00976-5
Received by editor(s): October 23, 2002
Posted: February 12, 2003
Additional Notes: This text is an expanded version of the invited address at the AMS Meeting ``Mathematical Challenges of the 21st Century'', UCLA (2000)
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