Uniqueness of solutions for some nonlinear Dirichlet problems

We consider here a class of nonlinear Dirichlet problems, in a bounded domain , of the form

Four nontrivial solutions for subcritical exponential equations

We show that a semilinear Dirichlet problem in bounded domains of in presence of subcritical exponential nonlinearities has four nontrivial solutions near resonance. Research supported by the Italian National Project Metodi Variazionali ed Equazioni Differenziali Non Lineari.     

Singular solutions of some nonlinear parabolic equations with spatially inhomogeneous absorption

We study the limit behaviour of solutions of with initial data k δ ₀ when k → ∞, where h is a positive nondecreasing function and p > 1. If h(r) = r ^β , β > N(p − 1) − 2, we prove that the limit function u _∞ is an explicit very singular solution, while such a solution does not exist if β ≤  N(p − 1) − 2. If lim inf _{r→ 0} r ² ln (1/h(r))  >  0, u _∞ has a persistent singularity at (0, t) (t ≥  0). If , u _∞ has a pointwise singularity localized at (0, 0).     

Some remarks on singular solutions of nonlinear elliptic equations. I

We study strong maximum principles for singular solutions of nonlinear elliptic and degenerate elliptic equations of second order. An application is given on symmetry of positive solutions in a punctured ball using the method of moving planes. Dedicated to Felix Browder on his 80th birthday     

Multipeak solutions for some singularly perturbed nonlinear elliptic problems on Riemannian manifolds

Given (M, g) a smooth compact Riemannian N-manifold, we prove that for any fixed positive integer K the problem

On some variational properties of metric spaces

We use the basic formulation of Ekeland’s variational principle to establish characterizations of complete path metric spaces which, being described in terms of the strong slope, are called coherent as in [3]. We also provide some basic nonlinear error bound and metric regularity results, in the context of coherent spaces.     

On approximate solutions to the first initial boundary value problem for the m-Hessian evolution equations

We adapt to degenerate m-Hessian evolution equations the notion of m-approximate solutions introduced by N. Trudinger for m-Hessian elliptic equations, and we present close to necessary and sufficient conditions guaranteeing the existence and uniqueness of such solutions for the first initial boundary value problem. Dedicated to Professor Felix Browder     

Perturbation from symmetry for indefinite semilinear elliptic equations

We prove the existence of an unbounded sequence of solutions for an elliptic equation of the form \({-\Delta u=\lambda u + a(x)g(u)+f(x), u\in H^1_0(\Omega)}\), where \({\lambda \in \mathbb{R}, g(\cdot)}\) is subcritical and superlinear at infinity, and a(x) changes sign in Ω; moreover, g( ? s) =  ? g(s) \({\forall s}\). The proof uses Rabinowitz’s perturbation method applied to a suitably truncated problem; subsequent energy and Morse index estimates allow us to recover the original problem. We consider the case of \({\Omega\subset \mathbb{R}^N}\) bounded as well as \({\Omega=\mathbb{R}^N, \, N\geqslant 3}\).     

Brake orbits type solutions to some class of semilinear elliptic equations

We consider a class of semilinear elliptic equations of the form

On the existence of solutions to a special variational problem

In this paper we establish an existence and regularity result for solutions to the problem

Very weak solutions to elliptic equations with nonlinear Neumann boundary conditions

Consider the equation −Δu = 0 in a bounded smooth domain , complemented by the nonlinear Neumann boundary condition ∂_ν u = f(x, u) − u on ∂Ω. We show that any very weak solution of this problem belongs to L ^∞(Ω) provided f satisfies the growth condition |f(x, s)| ≤ C(1 + |s| ^p ) for some p ∈ (1, p*), where . If, in addition, f(x, s) ≥ −C + λs for some λ > 1, then all positive very weak solutions are uniformly a priori bounded. We also show by means of examples that p* is a sharp critical exponent. In particular, using variational methods we prove the following multiplicity result: if N ∈ {3, 4} and f(x, s) =  s ^p then there exists a domain Ω and such that our problem possesses at least two positive, unbounded, very weak solutions blowing up at a prescribed point of ∂Ω provided . Our regularity results and a priori bounds for positive very weak solutions remain true if the right-hand side in the differential equation is of the form h(x, u) with h satisfying suitable growth conditions.     

Solutions of elliptic problems with nonlinearities of linear growth

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

Sign changing solutions of semilinear elliptic problems in exterior domains

We prove the existence of a sign changing solution to the semilinear elliptic problem , in an exterior domain Ω having finite symmetries.     

General proximal point algorithm involving η-maximal accretiveness framework in Banach spaces

First, based on η-maximal accretiveness, a generalization to Rockafellar’s theorem (1976) in the context of approximating a solution to a general inclusion problem involving a multivalued η-maximal accretive mapping using the proximal point algorithm in a q-uniformly smooth Banach space setting is considered. Then an application to a minimization problem of a functional is examined. The general framework for η-maximal accretiveness generalizes the general theory of multivalued maximal monotone mappings.      

Fourth order equations of critical Sobolev growth. Energy function and solutions of bounded energy in the conformally flat case

Given (M,g) a smooth compact Riemannian manifold of dimension n ≥ 5, we consider equations like

Decay rates of solutions to dissipative nonlinear evolution equations with ellipticity

In this paper, we study the global existence and the asymptotic behavior of the solutions to the Cauchy problem for the following nonlinear evolution equations with ellipticity and dissipative effects

Existence and symmetry of minimizers for nonconvex radially symmetric variational problems

We study functionals of the form

Optimal decay rates of solutions to dissipative nonlinear evolution equations with ellipticity

We derive the optimal decay rates of solution to the Cauchy problem for a set of nonlinear evolution equations with ellipticity and dissipative effects

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

In this note, we consider the problem

The mixed problem in <Emphasis Type="Italic">L</Emphasis><Superscript><Emphasis Type="Italic">p</Emphasis></Superscript> for some two-dimensional Lipschitz domains

We consider the mixed problem,