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On nonlinear mixed boundary value problems for second order elliptic differential equations on domains with corners

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 November 2011

Bernhard Kawohl
Affiliation:
Fachbereich Mathematik, Technische Hochschule Darmstadt, Schlossgartenstr. 7, D-6100 Darmstadt, B.R.D.

Synopsis

We investigate the existence, uniqueness and regularity of solutions to the linear differential equation Lu = f under nonlinear mixed boundary conditions on domains with singular boundary points.

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Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Royal Society of Edinburgh 1980

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