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Asymptotic Estimates for Principal Eigenvalues

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Mathematics in Biology and Medicine

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In the present paper some results recently obtained by the authors on the asymptotic behaviour of the principal eigenvalue of certain operators are summarized and discussed.

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Del Grosso, G., Marchetti, F. (1985). Asymptotic Estimates for Principal Eigenvalues. In: Capasso, V., Grosso, E., Paveri-Fontana, S.L. (eds) Mathematics in Biology and Medicine. Lecture Notes in Biomathematics, vol 57. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-93287-8_65

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