Monotonicity properties for variational inequalities associated with strongly nonlinear diagonal systems. (English) Zbl 0724.35048

Chipot, M.; Feggous, A.; Michaille, G.

Recent advances in nonlinear elliptic and parabolic problems, Proc. Int. Conf., Nancy/France 1988, Pitman Res. Notes Math. Ser. 208, 255-266 (1989).

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The authors prove a rather general monotonicity property for variational inequalities. As consequence, they derive uniqueness results for various nonlinear problems like nonlinear elliptic boundary value, obstacle, and Signorini-type problems.

Reviewer: J.Brüning (Augsburg)

MSC:

35J85	Unilateral problems; variational inequalities (elliptic type) (MSC2000)
35J65	Nonlinear boundary value problems for linear elliptic equations

Keywords:

monotonicity property; uniqueness; Signorini-type problems

Citations:

Zbl 0676.00010