Starshapedness of level sets for the obstacle problem and for the capacitory potential problem
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Abstract:
If the geometry of the data in the obstacle problem and the capacitory potential problem is starshaped then so are the solutions. The proofs are based on appropriate maximum principles.References
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Additional Information
- © Copyright 1983 American Mathematical Society
- Journal: Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 89 (1983), 637-640
- MSC: Primary 35J85; Secondary 31B20, 35B50, 35R35, 49A29
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0002-9939-1983-0718988-8
- MathSciNet review: 718988