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Uniform anti-maximum principle for polyharmonic boundary value problems
Author(s):
Philippe
Clément;
Guido
Sweers
Journal:
Proc. Amer. Math. Soc.
129
(2001),
467-474.
MSC (1991):
Primary 35J40, 35B50;
Secondary 31B30
Posted:
August 28, 2000
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Abstract:
A uniform anti-maximum principle is obtained for iterated polyharmonic Dirichlet problems. The main tool, combined with regularity results for weak solutions, is an estimate for positive functions in negative Sobolev norms.
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Additional Information:
Philippe
Clément
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, Delft University of Technology, Mekelweg 4, 2628~CD Delft, The Netherlands
Email:
clement@twi.tudelft.nl
Guido
Sweers
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, Delft University of Technology, Mekelweg 4, 2628~CD Delft, The Netherlands
Email:
sweers@twi.tudelft.nl
DOI:
10.1090/S0002-9939-00-05768-3
PII:
S 0002-9939(00)05768-3
Keywords:
Anti-maximum principle,
higher order elliptic,
polyharmonic
Received by editor(s):
April 22, 1999
Posted:
August 28, 2000
Communicated by:
David S. Tartakoff
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2000,
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