## Duke Mathematical Journal

### Local behavior of singular positive solutions of semilinear elliptic equations with Sobolev exponent

#### Article information

Source
Duke Math. J., Volume 78, Number 2 (1995), 315-334.

Dates
First available in Project Euclid: 20 February 2004

https://projecteuclid.org/euclid.dmj/1077285749

Digital Object Identifier
doi:10.1215/S0012-7094-95-07814-4

Mathematical Reviews number (MathSciNet)
MR1333503

Zentralblatt MATH identifier
0839.35014

Subjects
Primary: 35J60: Nonlinear elliptic equations
Secondary: 35B40: Asymptotic behavior of solutions

#### Citation

Chen, Chiun-Chuan; Lin, Chang-Shou. Local behavior of singular positive solutions of semilinear elliptic equations with Sobolev exponent. Duke Math. J. 78 (1995), no. 2, 315--334. doi:10.1215/S0012-7094-95-07814-4. https://projecteuclid.org/euclid.dmj/1077285749

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