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# Local maximum principle for $L^p$-viscosity solutions of fully nonlinear elliptic PDEs with unbounded coefficients

• We establish local maximum principle for $L^p$-viscosity solutions of fully nonlinear elliptic partial differential equations with unbounded ingredients.
Mathematics Subject Classification: Primary: 45J15, 35J60, 35B50.

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