Singular limits for the bi-laplacian operator with exponential nonlinearity in $R^4$

Clapp, Mónica; Muñoz, Claudio; Musso, Monica

Annales de l'I.H.P. Analyse non linéaire, Tome 25 (2008) no. 5, pp. 1015-1041.

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