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Continuous dependence on the data for nonlinear elliptic equations with a lower order term

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We consider a class of Dirichlet boundary value problems for nonlinear elliptic equations with a first order term and we prove continuous dependence on the data for solutions to problems in such a class. We deduce uniqueness results which in a case improve known results.

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Betta, M.F., Mercaldo, A. & Volpicelli, R. Continuous dependence on the data for nonlinear elliptic equations with a lower order term. Ricerche mat. 63 (Suppl 1), 41–56 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11587-014-0198-4

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