Boundary blow-up solutions with a spike layer

We prove that for large λ>0, the boundary blow-up problem

     

The Toda system and multiple-end solutions of autonomous planar elliptic problems

We prove the existence of a new class of entire, positive solutions for the classical elliptic problem Δu−u+up=0 in R², when p>2. The solutions we construct are obtained by perturbing the function

     

Multiplicity of solutions for the plasma problem in two dimensions

Let Ω be a bounded domain in R², u₊=u if u?0, u₊=0 if u<0, u₋=u₊−u. In this paper we study the existence of solutions to the following problem arising in the study of a simple model of a confined plasma

     

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 further three critical points theorem

If X is a real Banach space, we denote by W_X the class of all functionals possessing the following property: if {u_n} is a sequence in X converging weakly to u∈X and lim inf_n→∞Φ(u_n)≤Φ(u), then {u_n} has a subsequence converging strongly to u.In this paper, we prove the following result:Let X be a separable and reflexive real Banach space; an interval; a sequentially weakly lower semicontinuous C¹ functional, belonging to W_X, bounded on each bounded subset of X and whose derivative admits a continuous inverse on X^∗; a C¹ functional with compact derivative. Assume that, for each λ∈I, the functional Φ−λJ is coercive and has a strict local, not global minimum, say .Then, for each compact interval [a,b]⊆I for which , there exists r>0 with the following property: for every λ∈[a,b] and every C¹ functional with compact derivative, there exists δ>0 such that, for each μ∈[0,δ], the equation

Φ^′(x)=λJ^′(x)+μΨ^′(x)     

Uniqueness properties of solutions of Schrödinger equations

Under suitable assumptions on the potentials V and a, we prove that if u∈C([0,1],H¹) is a solution of the linear Schrödinger equation

     

Large time behavior of the heat kernel

In this paper we study the large time behavior of the (minimal) heat kernel k_P^M(x,y,t) of a general time-independent parabolic operator Lu=u_t+P(x,∂_x)u which is defined on a noncompact manifold M. More precisely, we prove that

     

Regularity, monotonicity and symmetry of positive solutions of m-Laplace equations

We consider the Dirichlet problem for positive solutions of the equation −Δ_m(u)=f(u) in a bounded smooth domain Ω, with f locally Lipschitz continuous, and prove some regularity results for weak solutions. In particular when f(s)>0 for s>0 we prove summability properties of , and Sobolev's and Poincaré type inequalities in weighted Sobolev spaces with weight |Du|^m−2. The point of view of considering |Du|^m−2 as a weight is particularly useful when studying qualitative properties of a fixed solution. In particular, exploiting these new regularity results we can prove a weak comparison principle for the solutions and, using the well known Alexandrov-Serrin moving plane method, we then prove a general monotonicity (and symmetry) theorem for positive solutions u of the Dirichlet problem in bounded (and symmetric in one direction) domains when f(s)>0 for s>0 and m>2. Previously, results of this type in general bounded (and symmetric) domains had been proved only in the case 1<m<2.     

Perturbation from Dirichlet problem involving oscillating nonlinearities

In this paper we prove that if the potential has a suitable oscillating behavior in any neighborhood of the origin (respectively +∞), then under very mild conditions on the perturbation term g, for every k∈N there exists bk>0 such that

     

Boundary layer and spike layer solutions for a bistable elliptic problem with generalized boundary conditions

We show that for large λ>0, the “generalized” boundary value problem

     

“Bubble-tower” radial solutions in the slightly supercritical Brezis-Nirenberg problem

In this paper, we consider the Brezis-Nirenberg problem in dimension N?4, in the supercritical case. We prove that if the exponent gets close to and if, simultaneously, the bifurcation parameter tends to zero at the appropriate rate, then there are radial solutions which behave like a superposition of bubbles, namely solutions of the form

     

A minimum problem with free boundary in Orlicz spaces

We consider the optimization problem of minimizing in the class of functions W1,G(Ω) with , for a given φ₀?0 and bounded. W1,G(Ω) is the class of weakly differentiable functions with . The conditions on the function G allow for a different behavior at 0 and at ∞. We prove that every solution u is locally Lipschitz continuous, that it is a solution to a free boundary problem and that the free boundary, Ω∩∂{u>0}, is a regular surface. Also, we introduce the notion of weak solution to the free boundary problem solved by the minimizers and prove the Lipschitz regularity of the weak solutions and the C1,α regularity of their free boundaries near “flat” free boundary points.     

Relaxation and regularity in the calculus of variations

In this work we prove that, if L(t,u,ξ) is a continuous function in t and u, Borel measurable in ξ, with bounded non-convex pieces in ξ, then any absolutely continuous solution to the variational problem

     

Nonlinear elliptic systems with general growth

We prove local Lipschitz-continuity and, as a consequence, C^kandC^∞regularity of weak solutions u for a class of nonlinear elliptic differential systems of the form . The growth conditions on the dependence of functions on the gradient Du are so mild to allow us to embrace growths between the linear and the exponential cases, and they are more general than those known in the literature.     

Positive solutions to nonlinear p-Laplace equations with Hardy potential in exterior domains

We study the existence and nonexistence of positive (super)solutions to the nonlinear p-Laplace equation

     

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.     

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.