A remark on strong maximum principle for parabolic and elliptic systems

Wang, Xuefeng

doi:10.1090/S0002-9939-1990-1019284-8

A remark on strong maximum principle for parabolic and elliptic systems
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Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 109 (1990), 343-348 Request permission

Abstract:

We give a strong maximum principle for some nonlinear parabolic and elliptic systems with convex invariant regions. We also obtain a version of the Hopf boundary lemma for the systems.

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