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For three different examples of degenerate elliptic equations uniqueness conditions for positive solutions are given. The main tool in the proofs is Serrin’s sweeping principle.
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Reichel, W. (1997). Uniqueness for degenerate elliptic equations via Serrin’s sweeping principle. In: Bandle, C., Everitt, W.N., Losonczi, L., Walter, W. (eds) General Inequalities 7. ISNM International Series of Numerical Mathematics, vol 123. Birkhäuser, Basel. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-0348-8942-1_30
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