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A Symmetrization Result for a Class of Anisotropic Elliptic Problems

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We prove estimates for weak solutions to a class of Dirichlet problems associated to anisotropic elliptic equations with a zero order term.

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Translated from Problemy Matematicheskogo Analiza 88, March 2017, pp. 3-11.

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Alberico, A., di Blasio, G. & Feo, F. A Symmetrization Result for a Class of Anisotropic Elliptic Problems. J Math Sci 224, 607–617 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10958-017-3439-8

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