On the existence of a positive solution of semilinear elliptic equations in unbounded domains
Annales de l'I.H.P. Analyse non linéaire, Tome 14 (1997) no. 3, pp. 365-413. 
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Bahri, Abbas; Lions, Pierre-Louis. On the existence of a positive solution of semilinear elliptic equations in unbounded domains. Annales de l'I.H.P. Analyse non linéaire, Tome 14 (1997) no. 3, pp. 365-413. http://archive.numdam.org/item/AIHPC_1997__14_3_365_0/

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