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On the Mountain Pass Lemma

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  • Mountain Pass Theorem
  • Nonpositive Sectional Curvature
  • Gradient Vector Field
  • Compact Oriented Surface
  • Mountain Pass Lemma

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Chang, KC. (1986). On the Mountain Pass Lemma. In: Vosmanský, J., Zlámal, M. (eds) Equadiff 6. Lecture Notes in Mathematics, vol 1192. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0076070

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