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Uniqueness of positive radially symmetric solutions of the Dirichlet problem for a nonlinear elliptic system of second order

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We prove the existence and uniqueness of positive radially symmetric solutions of the Dirichlet problem for a nonlinear elliptic system of second order. A numerical method for constructing such solutions is also given.

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Original Russian Text © É. I. Abduragimov, 2013, published in Matematicheskie Zametki, 2013, Vol. 93, No. 1, pp. 3–12.

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Abduragimov, É.I. Uniqueness of positive radially symmetric solutions of the Dirichlet problem for a nonlinear elliptic system of second order. Math Notes 93, 3–11 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1134/S000143461301001X

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