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A note on a result of M. Grossi

Author(s): Florin Catrina
Journal: Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 137 (2009), 3717-3724.
MSC (2000): Primary 35J25, 35J70
Posted: June 12, 2009
MathSciNet review: 2529879
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Abstract: The purpose of this note is to present a fact complementary to a result in a recent paper of M. Grossi. Making use of an energy balance identity, it is shown that the sufficient conditions for existence of solutions proved in Grossi's paper are also almost necessary.

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