Local gradient estimates of solutions to some conformally invariant fully nonlinear equations

We establish local gradient estimates to solutions of general conformally invariant fully nonlinear second order elliptic equations. To cite this article: Y.Y. Li, C. R. Acad. Sci. Paris, Ser. I 343 (2006).     

A fully nonlinear version of the Yamabe problem and a Harnack type inequality

We present some results on a fully nonlinear version of the Yamabe problem and a Harnack type inequality for general conformally invariant fully nonlinear second order elliptic equations. To cite this article: A. Li, Y.Y. Li, C. R. Acad. Sci. Paris, Ser. I 336 (2003).     

Positive Solutions of Fully Nonlinear Elliptic Equations on General Bounded Domains

We prove the refined ABP maximum principle, comparison principle, and related existence and uniqueness theorem for the positive solutions of the Dirichlet problems of second order fully nonlinear elliptic equations on arbitrary bounded domains.     

Conformally invariant fully nonlinear elliptic equations and isolated singularities

We study properties of solutions with isolated singularities to general conformally invariant fully nonlinear elliptic equations of second order. The properties being studied include radial symmetry and monotonicity of solutions in the punctured Euclidean space and the asymptotic behavior of solutions in a punctured ball. Some results apply to more general situations including more general fully nonlinear elliptic equations of second order, and some have been used in a companion paper to establish comparison principles and Liouville type theorems for degenerate elliptic equations.     

On some conformally invariant fully nonlinear equationsSur certaines équations completement nonlinéaires invariantes par transformation conforme

We outline proofs of our results in [7] on Liouville type theorems, Harnack type inequalities, and existence and compactness of solutions to some conformally invariant fully nonlinear elliptic equations of second order on locally conformally flat Riemannian manifolds. Details will appear in [7]. To cite this article: A. Li, Y.Y. Li, C. R. Acad. Sci. Paris, Ser. I 334 (2002) 305–310.     

Degree Theory for Second Order Nonlinear Elliptic Operators and its Applications

We introduce, along the lines of [4], an integer valued degree for second order fully nonlinear elliptic operators which is invariant under homotopy within elliptic operators. We also give some applications to the bifurcation problem for nonlinear elliptic equations. Applications to the existence of solutions of certain fully nonlinear elliptic equations on compact manifolds can be found in [7].     

UNIQUENESS OF VISCOSITY SOLUTIONS OF FULLY NONLINEAR SECOND ORDER PARABOLIC PDE''''S

This paper investigates the maximum principle for viscosity solutions of fully nonlinear, second order parabolic, possibly degenerate partial differential equations. Using this maximum principle the anthor prove that viscosity solutions of initial and bo unoary value problem for parabolic equations are unique.     

A Maximum Principle for Elliptic and Parabolic Equations with Oblique Derivative Boundary Problems

This paper prove a maximum principle for viscooity solutions of fully nonlinear, second order, uniformly elliptic and parabolic equations with oblique boundary value conditions.     

Invariant Lagrangians and a new method of integration of nonlinear equations

A method for solving the inverse variational problem for differential equations admitting a Lie group is presented. The method is used for determining invariant Lagrangians and integration of second-order nonlinear differential equations admitting two-dimensional noncommutative Lie algebras. The method of integration suggested here is quite different from Lie's classical method of integration of second-order ordinary differential equations based on canonical forms of two-dimensional Lie algebras. The new method reveals existence and significance of one-parameter families of singular solutions to nonlinear equations of second order.     

A “maximum principle for semicontinuous functions” applicable to integro-partial differential equations

We formulate and prove a non-local “maximum principle for semicontinuous functions” in the setting of fully nonlinear and degenerate elliptic integro-partial differential equations with integro operators of second order. Similar results have been used implicitly by several researchers to obtain compare/uniqueness results for integro-partial differential equations, but proofs have so far been lacking.     

Existence Results for Nonlinear Subelliptic Equations on the Heisenberg Group

§ 1.Introduction　 The aim of this paper is to establish existence results,by monotone method,for theproblemΔHnu + f((z,t) ,u) =0　　 in D,u| D =0 (1 .1 )where D is an open subset of the Heisenberg group HnandΔHn is the subelliptic Lapla-cian on Hn.We recall that Hnis the Lie group whose underlying manifold is Cn× R,n∈N,endowed with the group law(z,t) (z′,t′) =(z + z′,t+ t′+ 2 Imz .z′) ,(1 .2 )where for z,z′∈ Cnwe have letz .z′= nj=1zjz′j.Set zj=xj+ iyj.Then (x1 ,… ,xn…     

Comparison principles and Lipschitz regularity for some nonlinear degenerate elliptic equations

We establish interior Lipschitz regularity for continuous viscosity solutions of fully nonlinear, conformally invariant, degenerate elliptic equations. As a by-product of our method, we also prove a weak form of the strong comparison principle, which we refer to as the principle of propagation of touching points, for operators of the form \(\nabla ^2 \psi + L(x,\psi ,\nabla \psi )\) which are non-decreasing in \(\psi \).     

Classical solutions for a class of fully nonlinear degenerate parabolic equations

This paper is concerned with the existence and comparison principle of classical solutions for a class of fully nonlinear degenerate parabolic equations.     

Obstacle problem for nonlinear integro-differential equations arising in option pricing

Abstract  We study the obstacle problem for a class of nonlinear integro-partial differential equations of second order, possibly degenerate, which includes the equation modeling American options in a jump-diffusion market with large investor. The viscosity solutions setting reveals appropriate, because of a monotonicity property with respect to the integral term. The same property allows to approximate the problem by penalization and to obtain the existence and uniqueness of solutions via a comparison principle. We also give uniform estimates of the solutions of the penalized problems which allow to prove further regularity. Keywords: Integro-differential equations, Obstacle problem, Viscosity solutions, American options Mathematics Subject Classification (2000): 45K05, 35K85, 49L25, 91B24     

Submanifolds in Cauchy Riemann Geometry

In this paper I would like to make a report on the results about hypersurfaces in the Heisenberg group and invariant curves and surfaces in CR geometry. The results are contained in the papers [8, 9, 16] and [14]. Besides, I would also report on the results about the strong maximum principle for a class of mean curvature type operators in [10].     

Symmetry analysis and some exact solutions of cylindrically symmetric null fields in general relativity

The symmetry reduction method based on the Fréchet derivative of the differential operators is applied to investigate symmetries of the Field equations in general relativity corresponding to cylindrically symmetric space–time, that is a coupled system of nonlinear partial differential equations of second order. More specifically, this technique yields invariant transformation that reduce the given system of partial differential equations to a system of nonlinear ordinary differential equations. Some of the reduced systems are further studied for exact solutions.     

Global solutions of a singular initial value problem to second order nonlinear delay differential equations

The paper is concerned with an initial value problem to second order nonlinear singular delay differential equations. By the use of the Schauder fixed point theorem, a result for the existence of global solutions is derived. Also, via the Banach contraction principle, another result concerning the existence and uniqueness of global solutions is established. Moreover, applications of these results to a particular case of second order nonlinear singular delay differential equations as well as to the special case of second order nonlinear singular ordinary differential equations are presented. Finally, some specific applications to certain equations and two examples are given to demonstrate the applicability of the results of the paper.     

The existence of nonoscillatory solutions of higher order nonlinear neutral equations

In this work, we consider the existence of nonoscillatory solutions of variable coefficient higher order nonlinear neutral differential equations. Our results include as special cases some well-known results for linear and nonlinear equations of first, second and higher order. We use the Banach contraction principle to obtain new sufficient conditions for the existence of nonoscillatory solutions.     

Nonlinear two-point boundary value problems on time scales

This work gives a criterion for the existence of positive solutions for nonlinear second order ordinary differential equations with two-point boundary conditions on time scales. Moreover, for some source terms which are in the sense of sublinear or superlinear, we also formulate corollaries and examples for applications and we improve previous results related with the first eigenvalue discussed by Professor Li.     

二阶非线性积-微分方程的初值问题的上下解方法

建立了无限区间上二阶积－微分方程的比较定理,用上下解方法证明了无限区间上的Ｂａ－ｎａｃｈ空间二阶非线性积－微分方程的初值问题的解的存在性．