## Duke Mathematical Journal

### Structure of positive solutions to $(-\Delta+V)u=0$ in $R^n$

Minoru Murata

#### Article information

Source
Duke Math. J. Volume 53, Number 4 (1986), 869-943.

Dates
First available in Project Euclid: 20 February 2004

http://projecteuclid.org/euclid.dmj/1077305358

Digital Object Identifier
doi:10.1215/S0012-7094-86-05347-0

Mathematical Reviews number (MathSciNet)
MR874676

Zentralblatt MATH identifier
0624.35023

#### Citation

Murata, Minoru. Structure of positive solutions to ( − Δ + V ) u = 0 in R n . Duke Math. J. 53 (1986), no. 4, 869--943. doi:10.1215/S0012-7094-86-05347-0. http://projecteuclid.org/euclid.dmj/1077305358.

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