In this note I extend some previuos results concerning a generalized maximum principle for linear second order elliptic equations in divergence form, to the case of unbounded domains.
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author = {Maurizio Chicco},
title = {Generalized Maximum Principle for Divergence Form Elliptic Equations in Unbounded Domains},
journal = {Bollettino dell'Unione Matematica Italiana},
volume = {2},
year = {2009},
pages = {711-718},
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mrnumber = {2569299},
language = {en},
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Chicco, Maurizio. Generalized Maximum Principle for Divergence Form Elliptic Equations in Unbounded Domains. Bollettino dell'Unione Matematica Italiana, Tome 2 (2009) pp. 711-718. http://gdmltest.u-ga.fr/item/BUMI_2009_9_2_3_711_0/
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