 Weak maximum principle for elliptic operators (source code)

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= Weak maximum principle for elliptic operators

For a second-order elliptic operator $Lu=a^{ij}D_{ij}u+b^iD_iu+cu$ with $c\leq0$, the inequality $Lu\geq0$ on a bounded domain implies
$$
\max_{\overline\Omega}u\leq\max\{0,\max_{\partial\Omega}u\}.
$$
An exponential barrier reduces the non-strict inequality to a contradiction at a positive interior maximum.

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