ISSN:
0945-3245
Keywords:
AMS(MOS): 35-10, 35-15, 35-19, 35-42
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CR: 5.17
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Mathematics
Notes:
Summary Ifu andv satisfy a sufficiently regular partial differential equation, it has been common knowledge for at least fifty years that the mean-value theorem gives a linear equation, with variable coefficients, foru-v. The main idea in the following note is to replace the latter by a one-parameter family of linear inequalities, each of which has constant coefficients. This procedure applies to a considerable variety of problems, but is developed here only for second-order elliptic equations in bounded or unbounded regions. A number of specific examples are included, some of which are so highly nonlinear as to seem almost intractable. Nevertheless, the method has little subtlety or depth. Such advantages as it may have lie rather in the fact that the proofs are simple, and the results easy to use.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF01404343
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