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Liouville-type theorems and harnack-type inequalities for semilinear elliptic equations

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Dedicated with admiration to L. Nirenberg on his seventy-fifth birthday

Partially supported by a National Science Foundation Grant and a Rutgers University Research Council Grant.

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Li, Y., Zhang, L. Liouville-type theorems and harnack-type inequalities for semilinear elliptic equations. J. Anal. Math. 90, 27–87 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02786551

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