Existence and regularity to an elliptic equation with logarithmic nonlinearity

We study the nonlinear elliptic problem −Δu=χ{u>0}(logu+λf(x,u)) in Ω⊂Rn with u=0 on ∂Ω. The function is nondecreasing, sublinear and fu is continuous. For every λ>0, we obtain a maximal solution uλ?0 and prove its global regularity . There is a constant λ^∗ such that uλ vanishes on a set of positive measure for 0<λ<λ^∗, and uλ>0 for λ>λ^∗. If f is concave, for λ>λ^∗ we characterize uλ by its stability.     

Positive solutions to a singular Neumann problem

We show the existence of positive solution for the following class of singular Neumann problem in BR with ∂u/∂ν=0 on ∂BR, where R>0, λ>0 is a positive parameter, β>0, p∈[0,1), BR=BR(0)⊂RN, and are radially symmetric nonnegative C¹ functions. Using variational methods and sub- and supersolutions, we obtain a solution for an approximated problem involving mixed boundary conditions. The limit of the approximated solutions, is a positive solution.     

Generalized homothetic biorders

In this paper, we study the binary relations R on a nonempty N^∗-set A which are h-independent and h-positive (cf. the introduction below). They are called homothetic positive orders. Denote by B the set of intervals of R having the form [r,+∞[ with 0<r≤+∞ or ]q,∞[ with q∈Q_≥0. It is a Q_>0-set endowed with a binary relation > extending the usual one on R_>0 (identified with a subset of B via the map r?[r,+∞[). We first prove that there exists a unique map Φ_R:A×A→B such that (for all and all ) we have Φ(mx,ny)=mn⁻¹⋅Φ(x,y) and . Then we give a characterization of the homothetic positive orders R on A such that there exist two morphisms of N^∗-sets satisfying . They are called generalized homothetic biorders. Moreover, if we impose some natural conditions on the sets u₁(A) and u₂(A), the representation (u₁,u₂) is “uniquely” determined by R. For a generalized homothetic biorder R on A, the binary relation R₁ on A defined by is a generalized homothetic weak order; i.e. there exists a morphism of N^∗-sets u:A→B such that (for all ) we have . As we did in [B. Lemaire, M. Le Menestrel, Homothetic interval orders, Discrete Math. 306 (2006) 1669-1683] for homothetic interval orders, we also write “the” representation (u₁,u₂) of R in terms of u and a twisting factor.     

Local “superlinearity” and “sublinearity” for the p-Laplacian

We study the existence, nonexistence and multiplicity of positive solutions for a family of problems −Δpu=fλ(x,u), , where Ω is a bounded domain in RN, N>p, and λ>0 is a parameter. The family we consider includes the well-known nonlinearities of Ambrosetti-Brezis-Cerami type in a more general form, namely λa(x)uq+b(x)ur, where 0?q<p−1<r?p^∗−1. Here the coefficient a(x) is assumed to be nonnegative but b(x) is allowed to change sign, even in the critical case. Preliminary results of independent interest include the extension to the p-Laplacian context of the Brezis-Nirenberg result on local minimization in and , a C1,α estimate for equations of the form −Δpu=h(x,u) with h of critical growth, a strong comparison result for the p-Laplacian, and a variational approach to the method of upper-lower solutions for the p-Laplacian.     

Linking solutions for p-Laplace equations with nonlinearity at critical growth

Under a suitable condition on n and p, the quasilinear equation at critical growth −Δpu=λ|u|^p−2u+|u|^p∗−2u is shown to admit a nontrivial weak solution for any λ?λ₁. Nonstandard linking structures, for the associated functional, are recognized.     

The Liouville equation in a half-plane

We classify the solutions of the equation Δu+aeu=0 in the half-plane that satisfy the Neumann boundary condition ∂u/∂t=ceu/2 on . An analogous problem in the once punctured disc D^∗⊂R² is also solved.     

A remark on Ricceri's conjecture for a class of nonlinear eigenvalue problems

Consider the eigenvalue problem : −Δu=λf(x,u) in Ω, u=0 on ∂Ω, where Ω is a bounded smooth domain in RN. Denote by the set of all Carathéodory functions f:Ω×R→R such that for a.e. x∈Ω, f(x,⋅) is Lipschitzian with Lipschitz constant L, f(x,0)=0 and , and denote by (resp. ) the set of λ>0 such that has at least one nonzero classical (resp. weak) solution. Let λ₁ be the first eigenvalue for the Laplacian-Dirichlet problem. We prove that and . Our result is a positive answer to Ricceri's conjecture if use f(x,u) instead of f(u) in the conjecture.     

The Brezis-Nirenberg problem near criticality in dimension 3

We consider the problem of finding positive solutions of Δu+λu+u^q=0 in a bounded, smooth domain Ω in , under zero Dirichlet boundary conditions. Here q is a number close to the critical exponent 5 and 0<λ<λ₁. We analyze the role of Green's function of Δ+λ in the presence of solutions exhibiting single and multiple bubbling behavior at one point of the domain when either q or λ are regarded as parameters. As a special case of our results, we find that if , where λ∗ is the Brezis-Nirenberg number, i.e., the smallest value of λ for which least energy solutions for q=5 exist, then this problem is solvable if q>5 and q−5 is sufficiently small.     

Simple compact quantum groups I

The notion of simple compact quantum group is introduced. As non-trivial (noncommutative and noncocommutative) examples, the following families of compact quantum groups are shown to be simple: (a) The universal quantum groups Bu(Q) for Q∈GL(n,C) satisfying , n?2; (b) The quantum automorphism groups Aaut(B,τ) of finite-dimensional C^∗-algebras B endowed with the canonical trace τ when dim(B)?4, including the quantum permutation groups Aaut(Xn) on n points (n?4); (c) The standard deformations Kq of simple compact Lie groups K and their twists , as well as Rieffel's deformation KJ.     

Some properties of sharp Hessenberg pairs

Let F denote a field and let V denote a vector space over F with finite positive dimension. We consider an ordered pair of F-linear transformations A:V→V and A^∗:V→V that satisfy the following conditions: (i) each of A,A^∗ is diagonalizable on V; (ii) there exists an ordering of the eigenspaces of A such that A^∗V_i⊆V₀+V₁+?+V_i+1 for 0?i?d, where V_-1:=0 and V_d+1:=0; (iii) there exists an ordering of the eigenspaces of A^∗ such that for 0?i?δ, where and . We call such a pair a Hessenberg pair on V. It is known that if the Hessenberg pair A,A^∗ on V is irreducible then d=δ and for 0?i?d the dimensions of V_i and coincide. We say a Hessenberg pair A,A^∗ on V is sharp whenever it is irreducible and .In this paper, we give the definitions of a Hessenberg system and a sharp Hessenberg system. We discuss the connection between a Hessenberg pair and a Hessenberg system. We also define a finite sequence of scalars called the parameter array for a sharp Hessenberg system, which consists of the eigenvalue sequence, the dual eigenvalue sequence and the split sequence. We calculate the split sequence of a sharp Hessenberg system. We show that a sharp Hessenberg pair is a tridiagonal pair if and only if there exists a nonzero nondegenerate bilinear form on V that satisfies 〈Au,v〉=〈u,Av〉 and 〈A^∗u,v〉=〈u,A^∗v〉 for all u,v∈V.     

Dynamics of a family of transcendental meromorphic functions having rational Schwarzian derivative

In the present paper, a class F of critically finite transcendental meromorphic functions having rational Schwarzian derivative is introduced and the dynamics of functions in one parameter family is investigated. It is found that there exist two parameter values λ^∗=?(0)>0 and , where and is the real root of ?^′(x)=0, such that the Fatou sets of fλ(z) for λ=λ^∗ and λ=λ∗∗ contain parabolic domains. A computationally useful characterization of the Julia set of the function fλ(z) as the complement of the basin of attraction of an attracting real fixed point of fλ(z) is established and applied for the generation of the images of the Julia sets of fλ(z). Further, it is observed that the Julia set of fλ∈K explodes to whole complex plane for λ>λ∗∗. Finally, our results found in the present paper are compared with the recent results on dynamics of one parameter families λtanz, [R.L. Devaney, L. Keen, Dynamics of meromorphic maps: Maps with polynomial Schwarzian derivative, Ann. Sci. École Norm. Sup. 22 (4) (1989) 55-79; L. Keen, J. Kotus, Dynamics of the family λtan(z), Conform. Geom. Dynam. 1 (1997) 28-57; G.M. Stallard, The Hausdorff dimension of Julia sets of meromorphic functions, J. London Math. Soc. 49 (1994) 281-295] and , λ>0 [G.P. Kapoor, M. Guru Prem Prasad, Dynamics of : The Julia set and bifurcation, Ergodic Theory Dynam. Systems 18 (1998) 1363-1383].     

On affine difference sets and their multipliers

Let D be an affine difference set of order n in an abelian group G relative to a subgroup N. We denote by π(s) the set of primes dividing an integer and set H^∗=H?{ω}, where H=G/N and ω=∏_σ∈Hσ. In this article, using D we define a map g from H to N satisfying for iff {τ,τ⁻¹}={ρ,ρ⁻¹} and show that for any σ∈H^∗ and any integer m>0 with π(m)⊂π(n). This result is a generalization of J.C. Galati’s theorem on even order n [J.C. Galati, A group extensions approach to affine relative difference sets of even order, Discrete Mathematics 306 (2006) 42-51] and gives a new proof of a result of Arasu-Pott on the order of a multiplier modulo exp(H) ([K.T. Arasu, A. Pott, On quasi-regular collineation groups of projective planes, Designs Codes and Cryptography 1 (1991) 83-92] Section 5).     

A Morita type equivalence for dual operator algebras

We generalize the main theorem of Rieffel for Morita equivalence of W^∗-algebras to the case of unital dual operator algebras: two unital dual operator algebras A,B have completely isometric normal representations α,β such that α(A)=[M^∗β(B)M]^−w∗ and β(B)=[Mα(A)M^∗]^−w∗ for a ternary ring of operators M (i.e. a linear space M such that MM^∗M⊂M) if and only if there exists an equivalence functor which “extends” to a ∗-functor implementing an equivalence between the categories and . By we denote the category of normal representations of A and by the category with the same objects as and Δ(A)-module maps as morphisms (Δ(A)=A∩A^∗). We prove that this functor is equivalent to a functor “generated” by a B,A bimodule, and that it is normal and completely isometric.     

Isomorphisms between unital C-algebras

It is shown that every almost linear bijection of a unital C^∗-algebra A onto a unital C^∗-algebra B is a C^∗-algebra isomorphism when h(n²uy)=h(n²u)h(y) for all unitaries u∈A, all y∈A, and n=0,1,2,…, and that almost linear continuous bijection of a unital C^∗-algebra A of real rank zero onto a unital C^∗-algebra B is a C^∗-algebra isomorphism when h(n²uy)=h(n²u)h(y) for all , all y∈A, and n=0,1,2,…. Assume that X and Y are left normed modules over a unital C^∗-algebra A. It is shown that every surjective isometry , satisfying T(0)=0 and T(ux)=uT(x) for all x∈X and all unitaries u∈A, is an A-linear isomorphism. This is applied to investigate C^∗-algebra isomorphisms between unital C^∗-algebras.     

Extension of Fourier algebra homomorphisms to duals of algebras of uniformly continuous functionals

For a locally compact group G, let XG be one of the following introverted subspaces of VN(G): , the C^∗-algebra of uniformly continuous functionals on A(G); , the space of weakly almost periodic functionals on A(G); or , the C^∗-algebra generated by the left regular representation on the measure algebra of G. We discuss the extension of homomorphisms of (reduced) Fourier-Stieltjes algebras on G and H to cb-norm preserving, weak^∗-weak^∗-continuous homomorphisms of into , where (XG,XH) is one of the pairs , , or . When G is amenable, these extensions are characterized in terms of piecewise affine maps.     

The exact asymptotic behaviour of the unique solution to a singular nonlinear Dirichlet problem

By Karamata regular varying theory, a perturbed argument and constructing comparison functions, we show the exact asymptotic behaviour of the unique solution near the boundary to a singular Dirichlet problem −Δu=b(x)g(u)+λf(u), u>0, x∈Ω, u_|∂Ω=0, which is independent on λf(u), and we also show the existence and uniqueness of solutions to the problem, where Ω is a bounded domain with smooth boundary in RN, λ>0, g∈C¹((0,∞),(0,∞)) and there exists γ>1 such that , ∀ξ>0, , the function is decreasing on (0,∞) for some s₀>0, and b is nonnegative nontrivial on Ω, which may be vanishing on the boundary.     

The second expansion of the solution for a singular elliptic boundary value problem

In this paper we analyze the second expansion of the unique solution near the boundary to the singular Dirichlet problem −Δu=b(x)g(u), u>0, x∈Ω, u_|∂Ω=0, where Ω is a bounded domain with smooth boundary in RN, g∈C¹((0,∞),(0,∞)), g is decreasing on (0,∞) with and g is normalised regularly varying at zero with index −γ (γ>1), , is positive in Ω, may be vanishing on the boundary.