Nontrivial solutions of elliptic semilinear equations¶at resonance

We find nontrivial solutions for semilinear boundary value problems having resonance both at zero and at infinity. Received: 14 January 1999 / Revised version: 17 May 1999     

Existence and uniqueness of positive solutions of semilinear elliptic equations

This paper is devoted to the study of existence,uniqueness and non-degeneracy of positive solutions of semi-linear elliptic equations.A necessary and sufficient condition for the existence of positive solutions to problems is given.We prove that if the uniqueness and non-degeneracy results are valid for positive solutions of a class of semi-linear elliptic equations,then they are still valid when one perturbs the differential operator a little bit.As consequences,some uniqueness results of positive solutions under the domain perturbation are also obtained.     

Multiple solutions for a class of nonlinear elliptic equations on the Sierpinski gasket

This paper investigates a class of nonlinear elliptic equations on a fractal domain. We establish a strong Sobolev-type inequality which leads to the existence of multiple non-trivial solutions of △u+ c(x)u = f(x, u), with zero Dirichlet boundary conditions on the Sierpihski gasket. Our existence results do not require any growth conditions of f(x,t) in t, in contrast to the classical theory of elliptic equations on smooth domains.     

On the positive radial solutions of some semilinear elliptic equations on ℝ n

We study the existence and behavior of positive radial solutions of the equationu + f(u) = 0 in ⁿ . This equation arises in various problems in applied mathematics, e.g. in the study of phase transitions, nuclear cores and more recently in population genetics and solitary waves. The important model casef(u) = – u + u ^p, p>1, describes for instance the pressure distribution in a van der Waals fluid. In this case, we obtain fairly complete knowledge of all positive radial solutions.Supported in part by an NSF grant and a research grant from the Graduate School of the University of Minnesota.     

On the boundedness of generalized solutions of higher-order nonlinear elliptic equations with data from an Orlicz–Zygmund class

In the present paper, a 2mth-order quasilinear divergence equation is considered under the condition that its coefficients satisfy the Carathéodory condition and the standard conditions of growth and coercivity in the Sobolev space W^m,p(Ω), Ω ? Rⁿ, p > 1. It is proved that an arbitrary generalized (in the sense of distributions) solution u ∈ W₀^m,p (Ω) of this equation is bounded if m ≥ 2, n = mp, and the right-hand side of this equation belongs to the Orlicz–Zygmund space L(log L)^n?1(Ω).     

Existence of periodic and subharmonic solutions for second-order superlinear difference equations

By critical point theory, a new approach is provided to study the existence and multiplicity results of periodic and subharmonic solutions for difference equations. For secord-order difference equations△2xn-1+f(n,xn)=0some new results are obtained for the above problems when f(t, z) has superlinear growth at zero and at infinityin z.     

Multiple solutions for a class of nonlinear elliptic equations on the Sierpiński gasket

This paper investigates a class of nonlinear elliptic equations on a fractal domain. We establish a strong Sobolev-type inequality which leads to the existence of multiple non-trivial solutions of Δu +c(x)u =f(x,u), with zero Dirichlet boundary conditions on the Sierpiski gasket. Our existence results do not require any growth conditions off(x, t) in t, in contrast to the classical theory of elliptic equations on smooth domains.     

Properties of solutions of two second-order differential equations with the Painlevé property

Theoretical and Mathematical Physics - We consider a Hamiltonian system equivalent to the Painlevé II equation with respect to one component and to the Painlevé XXXIV equation with...     

Existence and regularity of positive solutions of elliptic equations of Schr?dinger type

We prove the existence of positive solutions with optimal local regularity of the homogeneous equation of Schr?dinger type $$ - {\rm{div}}(A\nabla u) - \sigma u = 0{\rm{ in }}\Omega $$ for an arbitrary open ?? ? ? ⁿ under only a form-boundedness assumption on ?? ?? D??(??) and ellipticity assumption on A ?? L ^??(??) ^n×n . We demonstrate that there is a two-way correspondence between form boundedness and existence of positive solutions of this equation as well as weak solutions of the equation with quadratic nonlinearity in the gradient $$ - {\rm{div}}(A\nabla u) = (A\nabla v) \cdot \nabla v + \sigma {\rm{ in }}\Omega $$ As a consequence, we obtain necessary and sufficient conditions for both formboundedness (with a sharp upper form bound) and positivity of the quadratic form of the Schr?dinger type operator H = ?div(A?·)-?? with arbitrary distributional potential ?? ?? D??(??), and give examples clarifying the relationship between these two properties.     

Hölder continuity of solutions to quasilinear elliptic equations involving measures

We show that the solutionu of the equation

Phragmén-Lindelöf theorems for second-order quasilinear elliptic equations

Analogues are formulated of the well-known, in the theory of analytic functions, Phragmen-Lindelöf theorem for the gradients of solutions of a broad class of quasilinear equations of elliptic type. Examples are given illustrating the accuracy of the results obtained for the gradients of solutions of the equations of the form div(|U|^–2u)=f(x, u, u), where f(x, u, u) is a function locally bounded in ²ⁿ⁺¹. f(x, 0, u)=0, uf(x, u, u) c¦u¦1+q(1+ ¦u|), > 1, c > 0, q > 0, is an arbitrary real number, and n >- 2. The basic role in the technique employed in the paper is played by the apparatus of capacitary characteristics.Translated from Ukrainskii Matematicheskii Zhurnal, Vol. 44, No. 10, pp. 1376–1381, October, 1992.The author sincerely appreciates E. M. Landis's permanent attention and numerous useful discussions.