## Duke Mathematical Journal

### Qualitative properties of solutions to some nonlinear elliptic equations in $R^2$

#### Article information

Source
Duke Math. J. Volume 71, Number 2 (1993), 427-439.

Dates
First available in Project Euclid: 20 February 2004

http://projecteuclid.org/euclid.dmj/1077290061

Digital Object Identifier
doi:10.1215/S0012-7094-93-07117-7

Mathematical Reviews number (MathSciNet)
MR1233443

Zentralblatt MATH identifier
0923.35055

#### Citation

Chen, Wenxiong; Li, Congming. Qualitative properties of solutions to some nonlinear elliptic equations in R 2 . Duke Math. J. 71 (1993), no. 2, 427--439. doi:10.1215/S0012-7094-93-07117-7. http://projecteuclid.org/euclid.dmj/1077290061.

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