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Maximum principles for a class of nonlinear second order elliptic differential equations

Analysis of PDEs 2025-10-20 v1 Numerical Analysis Numerical Analysis

Abstract

In this paper we investigate maximum principles for functionals defined on solutions to special partial differential equations of elliptic type, extending results by Payne and Philippin. We apply such maximum principles to investigate one overdetermined problem.

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@article{arxiv.math/9804125,
  title  = {Maximum principles for a class of nonlinear second order elliptic differential equations},
  author = {Giovanni Porru and Tewodros Amdeberhan and S. Vernier-Piro},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/9804125},
  year   = {2025}
}

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13 pages. See also http://www.math.temple.edu/~tewodros