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Fully nonlinear second order elliptic equations

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  • Dirichlet Problem
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  • Nonlinear Elliptic Equation
  • Affine Function
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Nirenberg, L. (1988). Fully nonlinear second order elliptic equations. In: Hildebrandt, S., Kinderlehrer, D., Miranda, M. (eds) Calculus of Variations and Partial Differential Equations. Lecture Notes in Mathematics, vol 1340. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0082899

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