Rates of convergence to zero for a semilinear parabolic equation with a critical exponent

We study nonnegative solutions to the Cauchy problem for a semilinear parabolic equation with a nonlinearity which is critical in the sense of Joseph and Lundgren. We establish the rate of convergence to zero of solutions that start from initial data which are near the singular steady state. In the critical case, this rate contains a logarithmic term which does not appear in the supercritical case and makes the calculations more delicate.     

Nontrivial solutions to semilinear elliptic problems involving two critical Hardy-Sobolev exponents

In this paper, we investigate a semilinear elliptic equation, which involves doubly critical Hardy-Sobolev exponents and a Hardy-type term. By means of the Linking Theorem and delicate energy estimates, the existence of nontrivial solutions to the problem is established.     

Subcritical perturbations of a singular quasilinear elliptic equation involving the critical Hardy–Sobolev exponent

In this work we improve some known results for a singular operator and also for a wide class of lower-order terms by proving a multiplicity result. The proof is made by applying the generalized mountain-pass theorem due to Ambrosetti and Rabinowitz. To do this, we show that the minimax levels are in a convenient range by combining a special class of approximating functions, due to Gazzola and Ruf, with the concentrating functions of the best Sobolev constant.     

Global existence and asymptotic behavior of solutions for nonlinear parabolic equations on unbounded domains

We study the existence and the asymptotic behavior of positive solutions for the parabolic equation on D×(0,∞), where is a some unbounded domain in and V belongs to a new parabolic class J^∞ of singular potentials generalizing the well-known parabolic Kato class at infinity P^∞ introduced recently by Zhang. We also show that the choice of this class is essentially optimal.     

On a singular Neumann problem for semilinear elliptic equations with critical Sobolev exponent and lower order terms

We investigate the solvability of the Neumann problem involving the critical Sobolev exponent, the Hardy potential and a nonlinear term of lower order. Lower order terms are allowed to interfere with the spectrum of the operator subject to the Neumann boundary conditions. Solutions are obtained via a min-max procedure based on the variational mountain-pass principle and topological linking.      

Multiple solutions for a class of biharmonic elliptic systems with Sobolev critical exponent

In this paper, we study the existence and multiplicity of nontrivial solutions for a class of biharmonic elliptic systems with Sobolev critical exponent in a bounded domain. By using the variational method and the Nehari manifold, we obtain the existence and multiplicity results of nontrivial solutions for the systems.     

On the behavior of solutions for a semilinear parabolic equation with supercritical nonlinearity

This paper is concerned with a Cauchy problem where and is a nonnegative radially symmetric function in with compact support. Denote the solution of (P) by . Let if and $p^{\ast} = 1+6/(N-10) N \geq 11 p_{\ast} < p < p^{\ast} \lambda_{\varphi} > 0 $ such that: (i) If $ \lambda < \lambda_{\varphi} u_{\lambda} $ exists globally in time in the classical sense and converges to zero locally uniformly in as . (ii) If , then $ u_{\lambda} $ blows upincompletely in finite time. (iii) If , then blows upcompletely in finite time. Received: 20 December 1999; in final form: 26 May 2000 / Published online: 4 May 2001     

Carleson measure problems for parabolic Bergman spaces and homogeneous Sobolev spaces

Let be the space of solutions to the parabolic equation having finite norm. We characterize nonnegative Radon measures μ on having the property , 1≤p≤q<∞, whenever . Meanwhile, denoting by v(t,x) the solution of the above equation with Cauchy data v₀(x), we characterize nonnegative Radon measures μ on satisfying , β∈(0,n), p∈[1,n/β], q∈(0,∞). Moreover, we obtain the decay of v(t,x), an isocapacitary inequality and a trace inequality.     

A note on semilinear heat equation in hyperbolic space

Bandle et al. [1] obtained a quite interesting result about a semilinear heat equation that the Fujita exponent relative to the whole hyperbolic space is just the same as that relative to bounded domain in Euclidean space, and, in addition, the properties of solutions are different in the critical exponent case. Our purpose is to answer an open problem proposed by Bandle et al. for the critical exponent case, and it, together with the one obtained by them, shows that the critical exponent case does belong to the non-blow-up case, which is completely different from the case in Euclidean space.     

Initial blow-up of solutions of semilinear parabolic inequalities

We study classical nonnegative solutions u(x,t) of the semilinear parabolic inequalities

     

Positive solutions to semilinear polyharmonic Dirichlet problems involving critical Sobolev exponents

We are concerned with the semilinear polyharmonic model problem (–)K v = v +v|v| ^s–1 inB,D v|B = 0 for ¦|<-K – 1. HereK ,B is the unit ball in ⁿ,n >2K, is the critical Sobolev exponent. Let ₁ denote the first Dirichlet eigenvalue of (-)^K inB. The existence of a positive radial solutionv is shown for

Long-time extinction of solutions of some semilinear parabolic equations

We study the long-time behavior of solutions of semilinear parabolic equation of the following type t_∂u−Δu+a₀(x)uq=0 where , d₀>0, 1>q>0, and ω is a positive continuous radial function. We give a Dini-like condition on the function ω by two different methods which implies that any solution of the above equation vanishes in a finite time. The first one is a variant of a local energy method and the second one is derived from semi-classical limits of some Schrödinger operators.     

On the singular elliptic systems involving multiple critical Sobolev exponents

In this paper, a singular elliptic system is investigated, which involves multiple critical Sobolev exponents and Hardy-type terms. By using variational methods and analytical techniques, the existence of positive and sign-changing solutions to the system is established.     

On the non-existence of global solutions to the Cauchy problem for semilinear parabolic equations and inequalities

We generalize and improve recent non-existence results for global solutions to the Cauchy problem for the inequality as well as for the equation u_t = Δu + |u|^q in the half-space . Received: 16 September 2005     

On elliptic problems involving critical Hardy-Sobolev exponents and sign-changing function

In this paper, we deal with the existence and nonexistence of nonnegative nontrivial weak solutions for a class of degenerate quasilinear elliptic problems with weights and nonlinearity involving the critical Hardy-Sobolev exponent and a sign-changing function. Some existence results are obtained by splitting the Nehari manifold and by exploring some properties of the best Hardy-Sobolev constant together with an approach developed by Brezis and Nirenberg.     

Properties of non-simultaneous blow-up solutions in nonlocal parabolic equations

This paper deals with blow-up solutions in parabolic equations coupled via nonlocal nonlinearities, subject to homogeneous Dirichlet conditions. Firstly, some criteria on non-simultaneous and simultaneous blow-up are given, including four kinds of phenomena: (i) the existence of non-simultaneous blow-up; (ii) the coexistence of non-simultaneous and simultaneous blow-up; (iii) any blow-up must be simultaneous; (iv) any blow-up must be non-simultaneous. Next, total versus single point blow-up are classified completely. Moreover, blow-up rates are obtained for both non-simultaneous and simultaneous blow-up solutions.