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Elliptic Systems of Phase Transition Type

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This chapter together with Chap. 4 contain some general tools for obtaining estimates for systems.

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Alikakos, N.D., Fusco, G., Smyrnelis, P. (2018). Estimates. In: Elliptic Systems of Phase Transition Type. Progress in Nonlinear Differential Equations and Their Applications, vol 91. Birkhäuser, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-90572-3_5

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