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# A pointwise gradient estimate for solutions of singular and degenerate pde's in possibly unbounded domains with nonnegative mean curvature

• We consider a singular or degenerate elliptic problem in a proper domain and we prove a gradient bound and some symmetry results.
Mathematics Subject Classification: Primary: 35J92; Secondary: 5J70, 35J75.

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