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# Recent progress on stable and finite Morse index solutions of semilinear elliptic equations

• Received: 01 June 2021 Published: 13 August 2021
• Primary: 35J61, 35B35; Secondary: 35B08

• We discuss some recent results (mostly from the last decade) on stable and finite Morse index solutions of semilinear elliptic equations, where Norman Dancer has made many important contributions. Some open questions in this direction are also discussed.

Citation: Kelei Wang. Recent progress on stable and finite Morse index solutions of semilinear elliptic equations[J]. Electronic Research Archive, 2021, 29(6): 3805-3816. doi: 10.3934/era.2021062

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• We discuss some recent results (mostly from the last decade) on stable and finite Morse index solutions of semilinear elliptic equations, where Norman Dancer has made many important contributions. Some open questions in this direction are also discussed.

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