Uniqueness of the critical point of the solutions to some semilinear elliptic boundary value problems in $\textbf {R}^ 2$
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- by Shigeru Sakaguchi
- Trans. Amer. Math. Soc. 319 (1990), 179-190
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0002-9947-1990-1008702-1
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Abstract:
We consider some two-dimensional semilinear elliptic boundary value problems over a bounded convex domain in ${{\mathbf {R}}^2}$ and show the uniqueness of the critical point of the solutions.References
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- © Copyright 1990 American Mathematical Society
- Journal: Trans. Amer. Math. Soc. 319 (1990), 179-190
- MSC: Primary 35J65; Secondary 35B05
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0002-9947-1990-1008702-1
- MathSciNet review: 1008702