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Uniqueness for degenerate elliptic equations via Serrin’s sweeping principle

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For three different examples of degenerate elliptic equations uniqueness conditions for positive solutions are given. The main tool in the proofs is Serrin’s sweeping principle.

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  1. Mathematisches Institut I, Universität Karlsruhe, 76128, Karlsruhe, Deutschland

    Wolfgang Reichel

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  1. Institute of Mathematics, University of Basel, Rheinsprung 21, 4051, Basel, Switzerland

    Catherine Bandle

  2. School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, B15 2TT, England, UK

    William N. Everitt

  3. Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, Kuwait University, P.O. Box 5969, 13060, Safat, Kuwait

    Laszlo Losonczi

  4. Institue of Mathematics I, University of Karlsruhe, Kaiserstr. 12, 76128, Karlsruhe, Germany

    Wolfgang Walter

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Reichel, W. (1997). Uniqueness for degenerate elliptic equations via Serrin’s sweeping principle. In: Bandle, C., Everitt, W.N., Losonczi, L., Walter, W. (eds) General Inequalities 7. ISNM International Series of Numerical Mathematics, vol 123. Birkhäuser, Basel. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-0348-8942-1_30

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