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Four Conjectures in Nonlinear Analysis

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In this chapter, I formulate four challenging conjectures in Nonlinear Analysis. More precisely: a conjecture on the Monge-Ampère equation; a conjecture on an eigenvalue problem; a conjecture on a non-local problem; a conjecture on disconnectedness versus infinitely many solutions.

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  1. Department of Mathematics, University of Catania, Catania, Italy

    Biagio Ricceri

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  1. Department of Mathematics, National Technical University of Athens, Athens, Greece

    Themistocles M. Rassias

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Ricceri, B. (2018). Four Conjectures in Nonlinear Analysis. In: Rassias, T. (eds) Applications of Nonlinear Analysis . Springer Optimization and Its Applications, vol 134. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-89815-5_24

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