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Monotonicity methods are developped to investigate attractivity properties of non-negative stationary solutions for a class of nonlinear degenerate parabolic problems in any space dimension. Applications to specific problems suggested by population dynamics are also discussed.
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de Mottoni, P., Schiaffino, A. & Tesei, A. Attractivity properties of nonnegative solutions for a class of nonlinear degenerate parabolic problems. Annali di Matematica pura ed applicata 136, 35–48 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01773375
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