## Journal of Integral Equations and Applications

### Variable Coefficient Transmission Problems and Singular Integral Operators on Non-Smooth Manifolds

#### Article information

Source
J. Integral Equations Applications Volume 18, Number 3 (2006), 361-397.

Dates
First available in Project Euclid: 5 June 2007

http://projecteuclid.org/euclid.jiea/1181075395

Digital Object Identifier
doi:10.1216/jiea/1181075395

Mathematical Reviews number (MathSciNet)
MR2269727

Zentralblatt MATH identifier
1149.35027

#### Citation

Mitrea, Dorina; Mitrea, Marius; Shi, Qiang. Variable Coefficient Transmission Problems and Singular Integral Operators on Non-Smooth Manifolds. J. Integral Equations Applications 18 (2006), no. 3, 361--397. doi:10.1216/jiea/1181075395. http://projecteuclid.org/euclid.jiea/1181075395.

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