Solutions of elliptic problems with nonlinearities of linear growth

In this paper, we study existence of nontrivial solutions to the elliptic equation

Poincaré inequality and Palais–Smale condition for the <Emphasis Type="Italic">p</Emphasis>-Laplacian

An improved Poincaré inequality and validity of the Palais-Smale condition are investigated for the energy functional on , 1 < p < ∞, where Ω is a bounded domain in , is a spectral (control) parameter, and is a given function, in Ω. Analysis is focused on the case λ = λ₁, where −λ₁ is the first eigenvalue of the Dirichlet p-Laplacian Δ _p on , λ₁ > 0, and on the “quadratization” of within an arbitrarily small cone in around the axis spanned by , where stands for the first eigenfunction of Δ _p associated with −λ₁.     

Solutions to nonlinear Neumann problems with an inverse square potential

Let Ω be an open bounded domain in with smooth boundary . We are concerned with the critical Neumann problem

Partial regularity for polyconvex functionals depending on the Hessian determinant

We prove a C ^2,α partial regularity result for local minimizers of polyconvex variational integrals of the type , where Ω is a bounded open subset of , and is a convex function, with subquadratic growth.     

Bubbling solutions for an anisotropic Emden–Fowler equation

We consider the following anisotropic Emden–Fowler equation where is a bounded smooth domain and a(x) is a positive smooth function. We investigate the effect of anisotropic coefficient a(x) on the existence of bubbling solutions. We show that at given local maximum points of a(x), there exists arbitrarily many bubbles. As a consequence, the quantity can approach to as . These results show a striking difference with the isotropic case [ Constant].     

Morse indices and the number of maximum points of some solutions to a two-dimensional elliptic problem

In this note, we consider the problem

Noncoercive convection–diffusion elliptic problems with Neumann boundary conditions

We study the existence and uniqueness of solutions of the convective–diffusive elliptic equation

Fast and slow decay solutions for supercritical elliptic problems in exterior domains

We consider the elliptic problem Δu  +  u ^p  =  0, u  >  0 in an exterior domain, under zero Dirichlet and vanishing conditions, where is smooth and bounded in , N ≥ 3, and p is supercritical, namely . We prove that this problem has infinitely many solutions with slow decay at infinity. In addition, a solution with fast decay O(|x|^2-N ) exists if p is close enough from above to the critical exponent.     

Infinitely many solutions of some nonlinear variational equations

The aim of this paper is investigating the existence of one or more critical points of a family of functionals which generalizes the model problem

Hausdorff Dimension of Ruptures for Solutions of a Semilinear Elliptic Equation with Singular Nonlinearity

We consider the following semilinear elliptic equation with singular nonlinearity:

Bubble accumulations in an elliptic Neumann problem with critical Sobolev exponent

We consider the following critical elliptic Neumann problem on , Ω; being a smooth bounded domain in is a large number. We show that at a positive nondegenerate local minimum point Q ₀ of the mean curvature (we may assume that Q ₀ = 0 and the unit normal at Q ₀ is − e _N ) for any fixed integer K ≥ 2, there exists a μ _K > 0 such that for μ > μ _K , the above problem has K−bubble solution u _μ concentrating at the same point Q ₀. More precisely, we show that u _μ has K local maximum points Q ₁^μ, ... , Q _K ^μ ∈∂Ω with the property that and approach an optimal configuration of the following functional (*) Find out the optimal configuration that minimizes the following functional: where are two generic constants and φ (Q) = Q ^T G Q with G = (∇ _ij H(Q ₀)). Research supported in part by an Earmarked Grant from RGC of HK.     

Ground state alternative for <Emphasis Type="Italic">p</Emphasis>-Laplacian with potential term

Let Ω be a domain in , d ≥ 2, and 1 < p < ∞. Fix . Consider the functional Q and its Gateaux derivative Q′ given by If Q ≥ 0 on, then either there is a positive continuous function W such that for all, or there is a sequence and a function v > 0 satisfying Q′ (v) = 0, such that Q(u _k ) → 0, and in . In the latter case, v is (up to a multiplicative constant) the unique positive supersolution of the equation Q′ (u) = 0 in Ω, and one has for Q an inequality of Poincaré type: there exists a positive continuous function W such that for every satisfying there exists a constant C > 0 such that . As a consequence, we prove positivity properties for the quasilinear operator Q′ that are known to hold for general subcritical resp. critical second-order linear elliptic operators.     

Regularity of minimizers of W1,p -quasiconvex variational integrals with (p,q)-growth

We consider autonomous integrals

Optimal initial value conditions for the existence of local strong solutions of the Navier–Stokes equations

Consider the instationary Navier–Stokes system in a smooth bounded domain with vanishing force and initial value . Since the work of Kiselev and Ladyzhenskaya (Am. Math. Soc. Transl. Ser. 2 24:79–106, 1963) there have been found several conditions on u ₀ to prove the existence of a unique strong solution with u(0) = u ₀ in some time interval [0, T), 0 < T ≤ ∞, where the exponents 2 < s < ∞, 3 < q < ∞ satisfy . Indeed, such conditions could be weakened step by step, thus enlarging the corresponding solution classes. Our aim is to prove the following optimal result with the weakest possible initial value condition and the largest possible solution class: Given u ₀, q, s as above and the Stokes operator A ₂, we prove that the condition is necessary and sufficient for the existence of such a local strong solution u. The proof rests on arguments from the recently developed theory of very weak solutions.     

Existence and non-existence of solutions to elliptic equations related to the Caffarelli–Kohn–Nirenberg inequalities

We investigate elliptic equations related to the Caffarelli–Kohn–Nirenberg inequalities: and such that . For various parameters α, β and various domains Ω, we establish some existence and non-existence results of solutions in rather general, possibly degenerate or singular settings.     

Large solutions for biharmonic maps in four dimensions

We seek critical points of the Hessian energy functional , where or Ω is the unit disk in and u : Ω → S ⁴. We show that has a critical point which is not homotopic to the constant map. Moreover, we prove that, for certain prescribed boundary data on ∂B, E _B achieves its infimum in at least two distinct homotopy classes of maps from B into S ⁴. The author was partially supported by SNF 200021-101930/1.     

Weighted Hardy inequalities and the size of the boundary

We establish necessary and sufficient conditions for a domain to admit the (p, β)-Hardy inequality , where d(x) = dist(x, ∂Ω) and . Our necessary conditions show that a certain dichotomy holds, even locally, for the dimension of the complement Ω ^c when Ω admits a Hardy inequality, whereas our sufficient conditions can be applied in numerous situations where at least a part of the boundary ∂Ω is “thin”, contrary to previously known conditions where ∂Ω or Ω ^c was always assumed to be “thick” in a uniform way. There is also a nice interplay between these different conditions that we try to point out by giving various examples. The author was supported in part by the Academy of Finland.     

On the Multiplicity of Nodal Solutions to a Singularly Perturbed Neumann Problem

We consider the problem

A mixed problem for the infinity Laplacian via Tug-of-War games

In this paper we prove that a function is the continuous value of the Tug-of-War game described in Y. Peres et al. (J. Am. Math. Soc., 2008, to appear) if and only if it is the unique viscosity solution to the infinity Laplacian with mixed boundary conditions

Geometric second derivative estimates in Carnot groups and convexity

We prove some new a priori estimates for H ₂-convex functions which are zero on the boundary of a bounded smooth domain Ω in a Carnot group . Such estimates are global and are geometric in nature as they involve the horizontal mean curvature of ∂Ω. As a consequence of our bounds we show that if has step two, then for any smooth H ₂-convex function in vanishing on ∂Ω one has