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Bounds for vertical points of solutions of prescribed mean curvature type equations, I

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 November 2011

F. V. Atkinson  and
L. A. Peletier
F. V. Atkinson
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, University of Toronto, Toronto M5S 1A1, Ontario, Canada
L. A. Peletier
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, University of Leiden, P.O. Box 9512, 2300 RA Leiden, The Netherlands
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Synopsis

Conditions are obtained under which radial solutions of generalised capillary-type equations exhibit a first vertical point, together with bounds and asymptotic estimates for these points.

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Research Article
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Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh Section A: Mathematics , Volume 112 , Issue 1-2 , 1989 , pp. 15 - 32
Copyright
Copyright © Royal Society of Edinburgh 1989

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