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Keywords:
weak subsolution; degenerate equation; critical point; fixed-point theorems
Summary:
We prove existence results for the Dirichlet problem associated with an elliptic semilinear second-order equation of divergence form. Degeneracy in the ellipticity condition is allowed.
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