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Note on a remarkable superposition for a nonlinear equation
Authors:
Peter Lindqvist and Juan J. Manfredi
Journal:
Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 136 (2008), 133-140
MSC (2000):
Primary 35J60, 31C45
Posted:
October 12, 2007
MathSciNet review:
2350398
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Abstract: We give a simple proof of--and extend--a superposition principle for the equation div , discovered by Crandall and Zhang. An integral representation comes as a byproduct. It follows that a class of Riesz potentials is -superharmonic.
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Peter Lindqvist
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, NO-7491 Trondheim, Norway
Email:
lindqvist@math.ntnu.no
Juan J. Manfredi
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15260
Email:
manfredi@pitt.edu
DOI:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1090/S0002-9939-07-09142-3
PII:
S 0002-9939(07)09142-3
Received by editor(s):
September 18, 2006
Posted:
October 12, 2007
Additional Notes:
This paper was written while the first author was visiting the University of Pittsburgh. He wishes to acknowledge the hospitality and the stimulating working atmosphere at the Department of Mathematics. The second author was partially supported by NSF award DMS-0500983.
Communicated by:
Juha M. Heinonen
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