The fascinating homotopy structure of Sobolev spaces
Brezis, Haïm
Atti della Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei. Classe di Scienze Fisiche, Matematiche e Naturali. Rendiconti Lincei. Matematica e Applicazioni, Tome 14 (2003), p. 207-217 / Harvested from Biblioteca Digitale Italiana di Matematica
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We discuss recent developments in the study of the homotopy classes for the Sobolev spaces W1,p⁢M;N. In particular, we report on the work of H. Brezis - Y. Li [5] and F.B. Hang - F.H. Lin [9].

Publié le : 2003-09-01
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Brezis, Haïm. The fascinating homotopy structure of Sobolev spaces. Atti della Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei. Classe di Scienze Fisiche, Matematiche e Naturali. Rendiconti Lincei. Matematica e Applicazioni, Tome 14 (2003) pp. 207-217. http://gdmltest.u-ga.fr/item/RLIN_2003_9_14_3_207_0/

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