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Comparison Theorems for Linear Elliptic Equations

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2018

V.B. Headley*
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics Brock University St. Catharines, Ontario L2S 3A1
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Abstract

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TWO comparison theorems, one of pointwise type and one of integral type, will be obtained for linear elliptic equations of order 2m on an exterior domain in Rn

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Copyright © Canadian Mathematical Society 1993

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