Global integrability for minimizers of anisotropic functionals

We consider integral functionals in which the density has growth p _i with respect to ${\frac{\partial u}{\partial x_i}}$ , like in $$\int\limits_{\Omega}\left( \left| \frac{\partial u}{\partial x_1}(x) \right|^{p_1} + \left|\frac{\partial u}{\partial x_2}(x)\right|^{p_2} + \cdots + \left|\frac{\partial u}{\partial x_n}(x) \right|^{p_n} \right) dx.$$ We show that higher integrability of the boundary datum forces minimizer to be more integrable.     

Local Hölder continuity of weak solutions for an anisotropic elliptic equation

We prove, following DiBenedetto’s intrinsic scaling method, that a local bounded weak solution of the equation $$-\sum_{i=1}^{N}\frac{\partial}{\partial x_i}\left[\left| \frac{\partial u}{\partial x_i} \right|^{p_{i}-2} \frac{\partial u}{\partial x_i} \right]=f $$ in Ω, is locally Hölder continuous, where f is a given bounded function and p _i  ≥ 2, for any i = 1, . . . , N.     

Exact multiplicity for the perturbed Q-curvature problem in {\mathbb{R}^N,N \geq 5}

Let N ≥ 5 and \({{\mathcal{D}}^{2,2} (\mathbb{R}^N)}\) denote the closure of \({C_0^\infty (\mathbb{R}^N)}\) in the norm \({\|u\|_{{\mathcal{D}}^{2,2} (\mathbb{R}^N)}^2 := \int\nolimits_{\mathbb{R}^N} |\Delta u|^2.}\) Let \({K \in C^2 (\mathbb{R}^N).}\) We consider the following problem for ? ≥ 0: $$(P_\varepsilon) \left\{\begin{array}{llll}{\rm Find} \, u \in {\mathcal{D}}^{2, 2} (\mathbb{R}^N) \, \, {\rm solving} :\\ \left.\begin{array}{lll}\Delta^2 u = (1+ \varepsilon K (x)) u^{\frac{N+4}{N-4}}\\ u > 0 \end{array}\right\}{\rm in} \, \mathbb{R}^N.\end{array}\right.$$ We show an exact multiplicity result for (P _? ) for all small ? > 0.     

Profile of the least energy solution of a singular perturbed Neumann problem with mixed powers

We consider the problem ${\varepsilon^{2}\Delta u - u^q + u^p = 0\,{\rm in}\,\Omega,\,u > 0\,{\rm in}\,\Omega,\,\frac{\partial u}{\partial \nu} = 0\,{\rm on}\,\partial\Omega }$ where Ω is a smooth bounded domain in ${\mathbb{R}^N}$ , ${1 < q < p < {N+2\over N-2}}$ if N ≥ 2 and ${\varepsilon}$ is a small positive parameter. We determine the location and shape of the least energy solution when ${\varepsilon \rightarrow 0.}$      

Infinitely many solutions for the prescribed curvature problem of polyharmonic operator

We consider the following prescribed curvature problem for polyharmonic operator: $$\left\{\begin{array}{llll} D_{m} u = \tilde{K}(y)|u|^{m^*-2}u\; {\rm in}\; \mathbb{S}^N\\ u \quad\; >0\qquad\quad\quad\quad\quad{\rm on}\; \mathbb{S}^N\\ u \quad\; \in H^{m}(\mathbb{S}^N), \end{array} \right.$$ where ${m^*=\frac{2N}{N-2m}, N\geq 2m+1,m \in \mathbb{N}_{+}, \tilde{K}}$ is positive and rationally symmetric, ${\mathbb{S}^N}$ is the unit sphere with the induced Riemannian metric ${g=g_{\mathbb{S}^N},}$ and D _m is the elliptic differential operator of 2m order given by $$\begin{array}{lll}D_m={\prod\limits_{k=1}^m}{\left(-\Delta_g+\frac{1}{4}(N-2k)(N+2k-2)\right)}\end{array}$$ where Δ _g is the Laplace-Beltrami operator on ${\mathbb{S}^N}$ . We will show that problem (P) has infinitely many non-radial positive solutions, whose energy can be arbitrary large.     

Solvability of the Dirichlet problem for degenerate quasilinear elliptic equations

In a bounded domain of the n -dimensional (n?2) space one considers a class of degenerate quasilinear elliptic equations, whose model is the equation $$\sum\limits_{i = 1}^n {\frac{{\partial F}}{{\partial x_i }}} (a^{\ell _i } (u)\left| {u_{x_i } } \right|^{m_i - 2} u_{x_i } ) = f(x),$$ where x =(x₁,..., x_r), l_i?0, m_i>1, the function f is summable with some power, the nonnegative continuous function a(u) vanishes at a finite number of points and satisfies \(\frac{{lim}}{{\left| u \right| \to \infty }}a(u) > 0\) . One proves the existence of bounded generalized solutions with a finite integral $$\int\limits_\Omega {\sum\limits_{i = 1}^n {a^{\ell _i } (u)\left| {u_{x_i } } \right|^{m_i } dx} }$$ of the Dirichlet problem with zero boundary conditions.     

Mean Value Properties for the Weinstein Equation Using the Hyperbolic Metric

In this paper we consider solutions of the Weinstein equation $$\begin{aligned} \Delta u-\frac{k}{x_{n}}\frac{\partial u}{\partial x_{n}}+\frac{\ell }{ x_{n}^{2}}u=0, \end{aligned}$$ on some open subset $\Omega \subset \mathbb R ^{n}\cap \{x_{n}>0\}$ subject to the conditions $4\ell \le (k+1)^{2}$ . If $l=0$ , the operator $x_{n}^{2k/n-2}\left( \Delta u-\frac{k}{x_{n}}\frac{\partial u}{\partial x_{n}}\right) $ is the Laplace–Beltrami operator with respect to the Riemannian metric $ds^{2}=x_{n}^{-2k/n-2}\left( \sum _{i=1}^{n}dx_{i} ^{2}\right) $ . In case $k=n-2$ the Riemannian metric is the hyperbolic distance of Poincaré upper half space. The Weinstein equation is connected to the axially symmetric potentials. The solutions of of the Weinstein equation form a so-called Brelot harmonic space and therefore it is known they satisfy the mean value properties with respect to the harmonic measure. We present the explicit mean value properties which give a formula for a harmonic measure evaluated in the center point of the hyperbolic ball. The key idea is to transform the solutions to the eigenfunctions of the Laplace–Beltrami operator in the Poincaré upper half-space model.     

Multibump bound states for quasilinear Schrödinger systems with critical frequency

In this paper, we are concerned with the multibump solutions for the following quasilinear Schrödinger system in ${\mathbb{R}^N}$ : $$\left\{\begin{array}{ll}-\Delta{u} + \lambda{a(x)u} - \frac{1}{2}(\Delta|u|^2)u = \frac{2\alpha}{\alpha + \beta}|u|^{\alpha-2}|\upsilon|^\beta u, \\-\Delta{\upsilon} + \lambda{b(x)\upsilon} - \frac{1}{2}(\Delta|\upsilon|^2)\upsilon = \frac{2\beta}{\alpha + \beta}|u|^\alpha|\upsilon|^{\beta-2} \upsilon, \\u(x) \rightarrow 0, \upsilon(x) \rightarrow 0 \quad as|x| \rightarrow \infty,\end{array}\right.$$ where λ > 0 is a parameter, α, β > 2 satisfying α + β < 2 · 2*, here ${2^{*} = \frac{2N}{N-2}}$ is the critical Sobolev exponent for ${N \geq 3}$ and a(x), b(x) are nonnegative potentials. Using variational methods, we prove that if the zero sets of a(x) and b(x) have several common isolated connected components ${\Omega_{1}, . . . ,\Omega_{k}}$ such that the interior of ${\Omega_{i} (i = 1, 2, . . . , k)}$ is not empty and ${\partial\Omega_{i} (i = 1, 2, . . . , k)}$ is smooth, then for λ sufficiently large, the system admits, for any nonempty subset ${J \subset \{1, 2, . . . , k\}}$ , a solution which is trapped in a neighborhood of ${\cup_{j\epsilon{J}} \Omega_{j}}$ .     

Local estimates for parabolic equations with nonlinear gradient terms

In this paper we deal with local estimates for parabolic problems in ${\mathbb{R}^N}$ with absorbing first order terms, whose model is $$\left\{\begin{array}{l@{\quad}l}u_t- \Delta u +u |\nabla u|^q = f(t,x) \quad &{\rm in}\, (0,T) \times \mathbb{R}^N\,,\\u(0,x)= u_0 (x) &{\rm in}\, \mathbb{R}^N \,,\quad\end{array}\right.$$ where ${T >0 , \, N\geq 2,\, 1 < q \leq 2,\, f(t,x)\in L^1\left( 0,T; L^1_{\rm loc} \left(\mathbb{R}^N\right)\right)}$ and ${u_0\in L^1_{\rm loc}\left(\mathbb{R}^{N}\right)}$ .     

On Some Quasilinear Elliptic Systems with Singular and Sign-Changing Potentials

Using variational methods, we study the existence and nonexistence of nontrivial weak solutions for the quasilinear elliptic system $$\left\{\begin{array}{ll}- {\rm div}(h_1(|\nabla u|^2)\nabla u) = \frac{\mu}{|x|^2}u + \lambda F_u(x, u, \upsilon)\quad {\rm in}\,\Omega,\\- {\rm div}(h_2(|\nabla \upsilon|^2)\nabla \upsilon) = \frac{\mu}{|x|^2}\upsilon + \lambda F_\upsilon(x,u,\upsilon)\quad {\rm in}\,\Omega,\\u = \upsilon = 0 \qquad \qquad \qquad \qquad \qquad \qquad {\rm in}\, \partial\Omega, \end{array}\right.$$ where \({\Omega \subset \mathbb{R}^N,N \geq 3}\) , is a bounded domain containing the origin with smooth boundary \({\partial \Omega ; h_i, i = 1, 2}\) , are nonhomogeneous potentials; \({(F_u, F_v) = \nabla F}\) stands for the gradient of a sign-changing C ¹-function \({F : \Omega \times \mathbb{R}^2 \to \mathbb{R}}\) in the variable \({{w = (u, v) \in \mathbb{R}^2}}\) ; and λ and μ are parameters.     

Exact multiplicity results for a singularly perturbed Neumann problem

In this paper we study the number of the boundary single peak solutions of the problem $$\left\{\begin{array}{ll} -\varepsilon^{2} \Delta u + u = u^{p}, \quad {\rm in}\, \Omega \\ u > 0, \quad\quad\quad\quad\quad\quad {\rm in}\, \Omega \\ \frac{\partial u}{\partial {\nu}} = 0, \quad\quad\quad\quad\quad\,\,\, {\rm on}\, \partial {\Omega}\end{array}\right.$$ for ${\varepsilon}$ small and p subcritical. Under some suitable assumptions on the shape of the boundary near a critical point of the mean curvature, we are able to prove exact multiplicity results. Note that the degeneracy of the critical point is allowed.     

Attractors for a class of semi-linear degenerate parabolic equations

We consider degenerate parabolic equations of the form $$\left. \begin{array}{ll}\,\,\, \partial_t u = \Delta_\lambda u + f(u) \\u|_{\partial\Omega} = 0, u|_{t=0} = u_0\end{array}\right.$$ in a bounded domain ${\Omega\subset\mathbb{R}^N}$ , where Δ_λ is a subelliptic operator of the type $$\quad \Delta_\lambda:= \sum_{i=1}^{N} \partial_{x_i}(\lambda_{i}^{2} \partial_{x_i}),\qquad \lambda = (\lambda_1,\ldots, \lambda_N).$$ We prove global existence of solutions and characterize their longtime behavior. In particular, we show the existence and finite fractal dimension of the global attractor of the generated semigroup and the convergence of solutions to an equilibrium solution when time tends to infinity.     

The geometric Neumann problem for the Liouville equation

Let Ω denote the upper half-plane ${\mathbb{R}_+^2}$ or the upper half-disk ${D_{\varepsilon}^+\subset \mathbb{R}_+^2}$ of center 0 and radius ${\varepsilon}$ . In this paper we classify the solutions ${v\in\;C^2(\overline{\Omega}\setminus\{0\})}$ to the Neumann problem $$\left\{\begin{array}{lll}{\Delta v+2 Ke^v=0\quad {\rm in}\,\Omega\subseteq \mathbb{R}^2_+=\{(s, t)\in \mathbb{R}^2: t >0 \},}\\ {\frac{\partial v}{\partial t}=c_1e^{v/2}\quad\quad\quad{\rm on}\,\partial\Omega\cap\{s >0 \},}\\ {\frac{\partial v}{\partial t}=c_2e^{v/2}\quad\quad\quad{\rm on}\,\partial\Omega\cap\{s <0 \},}\end{array}\right.$$ where ${K, c_1, c_2 \in \mathbb{R}}$ , with the finite energy condition ${\int_{\Omega} e^v < \infty}$ As a result, we classify the conformal Riemannian metrics of constant curvature and finite area on a half-plane that have a finite number of boundary singularities, not assumed a priori to be conical, and constant geodesic curvature along each boundary arc.     

Multiple positive solutions of singular and critical elliptic problem in {\mathbb{R}^2} with discontinuous nonlinearities

Let Ω be a bounded domain in ${\mathbb{R}^2}$ with smooth boundary. We consider the following singular and critical elliptic problem with discontinuous nonlinearity: $$(P_\lambda)\left \{\begin{array}{ll} - \Delta u = \lambda \left(\frac{m(x, u) e^{\alpha{u}^2}}{|x|^{\beta}} + u^{q}g(u - a)\right),\quad{u} > 0 \quad {\rm in} \quad \Omega\\u \quad \quad = 0\quad {\rm on} \quad \partial \Omega \end{array}\right.$$ where ${0\leq q < 1 ,0< \alpha\leq4\pi}$ and ${\beta \in [0, 2)}$ such that ${\frac{\beta}{2} + \frac{\alpha}{4\pi} \leq 1}$ and ${{g(t - a) = \left\{\begin{array}{ll}1, t \leq a\\ 0, t > a.\end{array}\right.}}$ Under the suitable assumptions on m(x, t) we show the existence and multiplicity of solutions for maximal interval for λ.     

Principal Eigenvalue of p-Laplacian Operator in Exterior Domain

We consider an eigenvalue problem of the form $$\left.\begin{array}{cl}-\Delta_{p} u = \lambda\, K(x)|u|^{p-2}u \quad \mbox{in}\quad \Omega^e\\ u(x) =0 \quad \mbox{for}\quad \partial \Omega\\ u(x) \to 0 \quad \mbox{as}\quad |x| \to \infty,\end{array} \right \}$$ where \({\Omega \subset \mathrm{I\!R\!}^N}\) is a simply connected bounded domain, containing the origin, with C ² boundary \({\partial \Omega}\) and \({\Omega^e:=\mathrm{I\!R\!^N} \setminus \overline{\Omega}}\) is the exterior domain, \({1 < p < N, \Delta_{p}u:={\rm div}(|\nabla u|^{p-2} \nabla u)}\) is the p-Laplacian operator and \({K \in L^{\infty}(\Omega^e) \cap L^{N/p}(\Omega^e)}\) is a positive function. Existence and properties of principal eigenvalue λ ₁ and its corresponding eigenfunction are established which are generally known in bounded domain or in \({\mathrm{I\!R\!}^N}\) . We also establish the decay rate of positive eigenfunction as \({|x| \to \infty}\) as well as near ?Ω.     

{W^{1,1}_0} -solutions for elliptic problems having gradient quadratic lower order terms

In this paper we deal with solutions of problems of the type $$\left\{\begin{array}{ll}-{\rm div} \Big(\frac{a(x)Du}{(1+|u|)^2} \Big)+u = \frac{b(x)|Du|^2}{(1+|u|)^3} +f \quad &{\rm in} \, \Omega,\\ u=0 &{\rm on} \partial \, \Omega, \end{array} \right.$$ where ${0 < \alpha \leq a(x) \leq \beta, |b(x)| \leq \gamma, \gamma > 0, f \in L^2 (\Omega)}$ and Ω is a bounded subset of ${\mathbb{R}^N}$ with N ≥ 3. We prove the existence of at least one solution for such a problem in the space ${W_{0}^{1, 1}(\Omega) \cap L^{2}(\Omega)}$ if the size of the lower order term satisfies a smallness condition when compared with the principal part of the operator. This kind of problems naturally appears when one looks for positive minima of a functional whose model is: $$J (v) = \frac{\alpha}{2} \int_{\Omega}\frac{|D v|^2}{(1 + |v|)^{2}} + \frac{12}{\int_{\Omega}|v|^2} - \int_{\Omega}f\,v , \quad f \in L^2(\Omega),$$ where in this case a(x) ≡ b(x) = α > 0.     

Volume Formulas in Lp-Spaces

We extend classical volume formulas for ellipsoids and zonoids to p-sums of segments $${vol}\left( {\sum\limits_{i=1}^m { \oplus_p } [ -x_i ,x_i ]} \right)^{1/n} \sim_{c_p} n^{ - \frac{1}{{p'}}} \left( {\sum\limits_{card(I) = n} {|\det (x_i)_i |^p}} \right)^{\frac{1}{{pn}}}$$ where x1,...,xm are m vectors in $\mathbb{R}^n ,\frac{1}{p} + \frac{1}{{p\prime }} = 1$ . According to the definition of Firey, the Minkowski p-sum of segments is given by $$\sum\limits_{i = 1}^m { \oplus _p [ - x_{i,} x_i ]} = \left\{ {\sum\limits_{i = 1}^m {\alpha _i } x_i \left| {\left( {\sum\limits_{i = 1}^m {|\alpha _i |^{p^\prime } } } \right)} \right.^{\frac{1}{{p^\prime }}} \leqslant 1} \right\}.$$ We describe related geometric properties of the Lewis maps associated to classical operator norms.     

Uniqueness and stability of solutions for Cauchy problem of nonlinear diffusion equations

The uniqueness of solutions for Cauchy problem of the form $$\frac{{\partial u}}{{\partial t}} = \Delta A(u) + \sum\limits_{i = 1}^N {\frac{{\partial b^i (u)}}{{\partial x_i }} + c(u)} $$ is studied. It is proved that ifu ∈BVx and A(u) is strictly increasing, the solution is unique.