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Entire positive solution to the system of nonlinear elliptic equations

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The second-order nonlinear elliptic system, with, is considered in. Under suitable hypotheses on functions,,, and, it is shown that this system possesses an entire positive solution such that both and are bounded below and above by positive constant multiples of for all.

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  1. Department of Mathematics, Tianjin University, Tianjin, 300072, China

    Lingyun Qiu & Miaoxin Yao

  2. Liu Hui Center for Applied Mathematics, Nankai University and Tianjin University, Tianjin, 300072, China

    Lingyun Qiu & Miaoxin Yao

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Qiu, L., Yao, M. Entire positive solution to the system of nonlinear elliptic equations. Bound Value Probl 2006, 32492 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1155/BVP/2006/32492

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