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Moving plane methods for systems on half spaces

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In this paper, we prove rather general versions of the moving plane theorem for cooperative systems on half spaces.

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Dancer, E.N. Moving plane methods for systems on half spaces. Math. Ann. 342, 245–254 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00208-008-0226-3

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