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Regularity for fully nonlinear elliptic equations and motion by mean curvature

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Evans, L.C. (1997). Regularity for fully nonlinear elliptic equations and motion by mean curvature. In: Dolcetta, I.C., Lions, P.L. (eds) Viscosity Solutions and Applications. Lecture Notes in Mathematics, vol 1660. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0094296

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