Generalized maximum principle and evaluation of the first eigenvalue for Heisenberg-type operators with discontinuous coefficients
Chicco, M. ; Lancia, M. R.
Bollettino dell'Unione Matematica Italiana, Tome 4-A (2001), p. 441-456 / Harvested from Biblioteca Digitale Italiana di Matematica

Precedenti risultati riguardanti il principio di massimo generalizzato e la valutazione del primo autovalore per operatori uniformemente ellittici di tipo variazionale vengono estesi agli operatori subellittici di tipo Heisenberg non simmetrici e a coefficienti discontinui.

Publié le : 2001-06-01
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Chicco, M.; Lancia, M. R. Generalized maximum principle and evaluation of the first eigenvalue for Heisenberg-type operators with discontinuous coefficients. Bollettino dell'Unione Matematica Italiana, Tome 4-A (2001) pp. 441-456. http://gdmltest.u-ga.fr/item/BUMI_2001_8_4B_2_441_0/

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