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In this paper we consider a class of nonlinear elliptic problems of the type
where Ω is a bounded open subset of R N, N ≥ 2, f is a L 1 (Ω) function or a Radon measure with bounded total variation. We fix some structural conditions on a and Φ to prove uniqueness results when f ∈ L 1 (Ω).
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Di Nardo, R., Perrotta, A. An approach via symmetrization methods to nonlinear elliptic problems with a lower order term. Rend. Circ. Mat. Palermo 59, 303–317 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12215-010-0024-0
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