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We consider quasilinear elliptic equations involving the p-Laplacian and singular nonlinearities. We prove comparison principles and we deduce some uniqueness results.
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BS was partially supported by ERC-2011-Grant: Elliptic PDE’s and symmetry of interfaces and layers for odd nonlinearities.
BS was partially supported by PRIN-2011: Variational and Topological Methods in the Study of Nonlinear Phenomena.
AC was partially supported by PRIN-2011: Variational and Topological Methods in the Study of Nonlinear Phenomena.
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Canino, A., Sciunzi, B. & Trombetta, A. Existence and uniqueness for p-Laplace equations involving singular nonlinearities. Nonlinear Differ. Equ. Appl. 23, 8 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00030-016-0361-6
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