Multiple Positive Solutions for a Critical Quasilinear Equation Via Morse Theory

Cingolani, Silvia; Vannella, Giuseppina

Annales de l'I.H.P. Analyse non linéaire, Tome 26 (2009) no. 2, pp. 397-413.

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