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Nonlinear Diffusion Equations and Their Equilibrium States II pp 171–205Cite as

Some Aspects of Semilinear Elliptic Equations on ℝn

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In this expository paper, I intend to give a partial survey of semilinear elliptic equations on ℝ n.

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Ni, WM. (1988). Some Aspects of Semilinear Elliptic Equations on ℝn . In: Ni, WM., Peletier, L.A., Serrin, J. (eds) Nonlinear Diffusion Equations and Their Equilibrium States II. Mathematical Sciences Research Institute Publications, vol 13. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-9608-6_10

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