Generalized n-Laplacian: Semilinear Neumann problem with the critical growth

Let Ω ? ? ⁿ , n ? 2, be a bounded connected domain of the class C ^1,θ for some θ ∈ (0, 1]. Applying the generalized Moser-Trudinger inequality without boundary condition, the Mountain Pass Theorem and the Ekeland Variational Principle, we prove the existence and multiplicity of nontrivial weak solutions to the problem $$\begin{gathered} u \in W^1 L^\Phi \left( \Omega \right), - div\left( {\Phi '\left( {\left| {\nabla u} \right|} \right)\frac{{\nabla u}} {{\left| {\nabla u} \right|}}} \right) + V\left( x \right)\Phi '\left( {\left| u \right|} \right)\frac{u} {{\left| u \right|}} = f\left( {x,u} \right) + \mu h\left( x \right) in \Omega , \hfill \\ \frac{{\partial u}} {{\partial n}} = 0 on \partial \Omega , \hfill \\ \end{gathered}$$ where Φ is a Young function such that the space W ¹ L ^Φ(Ω) is embedded into exponential or multiple exponential Orlicz space, the nonlinearity f(x, t) has the corresponding critical growth, V (x) is a continuous potential, h ∈ (L ^Φ(Ω))* is a nontrivial continuous function, µ ? 0 is a small parameter and n denotes the outward unit normal to ?Ω.     

A remark on the existence of entire large and bounded solutions to a (<Emphasis Type="Italic">k</Emphasis><Subscript>1</Subscript>, <Emphasis Type="Italic">k</Emphasis><Subscript>2</Subscript>)-Hessian system with gradient term

In this paper, we study the existence of positive entire large and bounded radial positive solutions for the following nonlinear system

$$\left\{ {\begin{array}{*{20}c}{S_{k_1 } \left( {\lambda \left( {D^2 u_1 } \right)} \right) + a_1 \left( {\left| x \right|} \right)\left| {\nabla u_1 } \right|^{k_1 } = p_1 \left( {\left| x \right|} \right)f_1 \left( {u_2 } \right)} & {for x \in \mathbb{R}^N ,} \\{S_{k_2 } \left( {\lambda \left( {D^2 u_2 } \right)} \right) + a_2 \left( {\left| x \right|} \right)\left| {\nabla u_2 } \right|^{k_2 } = p_2 \left( {\left| x \right|} \right)f_2 \left( {u_1 } \right)} & {for x \in \mathbb{R}^N .} \\\end{array} } \right.$$

Here \({S_{{k_i}}}\left( {\lambda \left( {{D^2}{u_i}} \right)} \right)\) is the k _i -Hessian operator, a ₁, p ₁, f ₁, a ₂, p ₂ and f ₂ are continuous functions.

     

Boundedness of Hausdorff operators on the power weighted Hardy spaces

In this paper, we consider the two-dimensional Hausdorff operators on the power weighted Hardy space H_(|x|α)~1(R~2) ( -1 ≤α≤0), defined by H_(Φ,A)f(x)=∫R~2Φ(u)f(A(u)x)du,where Φ∈L_loc~1(R~2),A(u) = (α_(ij)(u))_(i,j=1)~2 is a 2×2 matrix, and each α_(i,j) is a measurablefunction.We obtain that HΦ,A is bounded from H_(|x|~α)~1(R~2) ( -1≤α≤0) to itself, if∫R2|Φ(u)‖det A~(-1)(u)|‖A(u)‖~(-α)ln(1+‖A~(-1)(u)‖~2/|det A~(-1)(u)|)du∞.This result improves some known theorems, and in some sense it is sharp.     

Existence of Nonnegative Solutions for a Class of Systems Involving Fractional (p,q)-Laplacian Operators

The authors study the following Dirichlet problem of a system involving fractional (p, q)-Laplacian operators:

$$\left\{ {\begin{array}{*{20}{c}} {\left( { - \Delta } \right)_p^su = \lambda a\left( x \right){{\left| u \right|}^{p - 2}}u + \lambda b\left( x \right){{\left| u \right|}^{\alpha - 2}}{{\left| v \right|}^\beta }u + \frac{{\mu \left( x \right)}}{{\alpha \delta }}{{\left| u \right|}^{\gamma - 2}}{{\left| v \right|}^\delta }uin\Omega ,} \\ {\left( { - \Delta } \right)_q^sv = \lambda c\left( x \right){{\left| v \right|}^{q - 2}}v + \lambda b\left( x \right){{\left| u \right|}^\alpha }{{\left| v \right|}^{\beta - 2}}v + \frac{{\mu \left( x \right)}}{{\beta \gamma }}{{\left| u \right|}^\gamma }{{\left| v \right|}^{\delta - 2}}vin\Omega ,} \\ {u = v = 0on{\mathbb{R}^N}\backslash \Omega ,} \end{array}} \right.$$

where λ > 0 is a real parameter, Ω is a bounded domain in R ^N , with boundary ?Ω Lipschitz continuous, s ∈ (0, 1), 1 < p ≤ q < ∞, sq < N, while (?Δ) _p ^s u is the fractional p-Laplacian operator of u and, similarly, (?Δ) _q ^s v is the fractional q-Laplacian operator of v. Since possibly p ≠ q, the classical definitions of the Nehari manifold for systems and of the Fibering mapping are not suitable. In this paper, the authors modify these definitions to solve the Dirichlet problem above. Then, by virtue of the properties of the first eigenvalue λ₁ for a related system, they prove that there exists a positive solution for the problem when λ < λ₁ by the modified definitions. Moreover, the authors obtain the bifurcation property when λ → λ₁^-. Finally, thanks to the Picone identity, a nonexistence result is also obtained when λ ≥ λ₁.

     

Classification of certain qualitative properties of solutions for the quasilinear parabolic equations

In this paper, we mainly consider the initial boundary problem for a quasilinear parabolic equation u_t-div(|?u|~(p-2)?u) =-|u|~(β-1) u + α|u|~(q-2 )u,where p 1, β 0, q≥1 and α 0. By using Gagliardo-Nirenberg type inequality, the energy method and comparison principle, the phenomena of blowup and extinction are classified completely in the different ranges of reaction exponents.     

Weighted polyharmonic equation with Navier boundary conditions in a half space

We study positive solutions of the following polyharmonic equation with Hardy weights associated to Navier boundary conditions on a half space:?????(-?)~mu(x)=u~p(x)/|x|~s,in R_+~n,u(x)=-?u(x)=…=(-?)~(m-1)u(x)=0,on ?R_+~n,(0.1)where m is any positive integer satisfying 02mn.We first prove that the positive solutions of(0.1)are super polyharmonic,i.e.,(-?)~iu0,i=0,1,...,m-1.(0.2) For α=2m,applying this important property,we establish the equivalence between (0.1) and the integral equation u(x)=c_n∫R_+~n(1/|x-y|~(n-α)-1/|x~*-y|~(n-α))u~p(y)/|y|~sdy,(0.3) where x~*=(x1,...,x_(n-1),-x_n) is the reflection of the point x about the plane R~(n-1).Then,we use the method of moving planes in integral forms to derive rotational symmetry and monotonicity for the positive solution of(0.3),in whichαcan be any real number between 0 and n.By some Pohozaev type identities in integral forms,we prove a Liouville type theorem—the non-existence of positive solutions for(0.1).     

Some Zygmund type inequalities for the <Emphasis Type="Italic">s</Emphasis>th derivative of polynomials

For a polynomial P(z) of degree n having no zeros in |z| < 1, it was recently proved in [9] that

$$\left| {{z^s}{P^{\left( s \right)}}\left( z \right) + \beta \frac{{n\left( {n - 1} \right)...\left( {n - s + 1} \right)}}{{{2^s}}}P\left( z \right)} \right| \leqslant \frac{{n\left( {n - 1} \right)...\left( {n - s + 1} \right)}}{2}\left( {\left| {1 + \frac{\beta }{{{2^s}}}} \right| + \left| {\frac{\beta }{{{2^s}}}} \right|} \right)\mathop {\max }\limits_{\left| z \right| = 1} \left| {P\left( z \right)} \right|$$

for every β ∈ C with |β| ≤ 1, 1 ≤ s ≤ n and |z| = 1. In this paper, we obtain the L _p mean extension of the above and other related results for the sth derivative of polynomials.

     

Optimal constants and extremisers for some smoothing estimates

We establish new results concerning the existence of extremisers for a broad class of Kato-smoothing estimates of the form

$${\left\| {\psi \left( {\left| \nabla \right|} \right)\exp \left( {it\phi \left( {\left| \nabla \right|} \right)f} \right)} \right\|_{{L^2}\left( \omega \right)}} \leqslant C{\left\| d \right\|_{{L^2}}}$$

for solutions of dispersive equations, where the weight ω is radial and depends only on the spatial variable; such a smoothing estimate is of course equivalent to the L ²-boundedness of a certain oscillatory integral operator S depending on (ω, ψ, ?). Furthermore, when ω is homogeneous, and for certain (ψ, ?), we provide an explicit spectral decomposition of S*S and consequently recover an explicit formula for the optimal constant C and a characterisation of extremisers. In certain well-studied cases when ω is inhomogeneous, we obtain new expressions for the optimal constant and the non-existence of extremisers.

     

Aubry–Mather Sets for Relativistic Oscillators with Anharmonic Potentials

In this paper, by the Aubry–Mather theory, it is proved that there are many periodic solutions and usual or generalized quasiperiodic solutions for relativistic oscillator with anharmonic potentials models d/dt(x/(1-|x|~2~(1/2))+ |x|~(α-1)x=p(t),where p(t) ∈ C~0(R~1) is 1-periodic and α 0.     

Regularization of a three-element functional equation

In this paper we study the three-element functional equation

$(V\Phi )(z) \equiv \Phi (iz) + \Phi ( - iz) + G(z)\Phi \left( {\frac{1}{z}} \right) = g(z), z \in R,$

, subject to

$R: = \{ z:\left| z \right| < 1, \left| {\arg z} \right| < \frac{\pi }{4}\} .$

We assume that the coefficients G(z) and g(z) are holomorphic in R and their boundary values G ⁺(t) and g ⁺(t) belong to H(Γ), G(t)G(t ^?1) = 1. We seek for solutions Φ(z) in the class of functions holomorphic outside of \(\bar R\) such that they vanish at infinity and their boundary values Φ^?(t) also belong to H(Γ). Using the method of equivalent regularization, we reduce the problem to the 2nd kind integral Fredholm equation.

     

Generalized Moser–Trudinger inequality for unbounded domains and its application

We give a version of the Moser–Trudinger inequality for Orlicz–Sobolev spaces embedded into exponential and multiple exponential spaces on unbounded domains in ${\mathbb R^n, n \geq 2}$ . Applying this result and the Mountain Pass Theorem we study the existence of non-trivial weak solutions to the problem $$\begin{array}{ll}u \in W^1 L^{\Phi}(\mathbb R^n)\quad{\rm and}\\\quad -{\rm div} \left(\Phi ' (|\nabla u|)\frac{\nabla u}{|\nabla u|}\right)+V(x)\Phi'(|u|)\frac{u}{|u|} =f(x,u)\quad{\rm in}\, \mathbb R^n,\end{array}$$ where Φ is a Young function such that the space ${W^1 L^{\Phi}(\mathbb R^n)}$ is embedded into an Orlicz space of the exponential or multiple exponential type, the nonlinearity f(x, t) has the corresponding critical growth and V(x) is a continuous potential.     

A Pohozaev Identity for the Fractional Hnon System

In this paper, we study the Pohozaev identity associated with a Henon-Lane-Emden system involving the fractional Laplacian:■in a star-shaped and bounded domain Ω for s ∈(0,1). As an application of our identity, we deduce the nonexistence of positive solutions in the critical and supercritical cases.     

A note on skew characters of symmetric groups

In this paper we establish the following estimate:

$$\omega \left( {\left\{ {x \in {\mathbb{R}^n}:\left| {\left[ {b,T} \right]f\left( x \right)} \right| > \lambda } \right\}} \right) \leqslant \frac{{{c_T}}}{{{\varepsilon ^2}}}\int_{{\mathbb{R}^n}} {\Phi \left( {{{\left\| b \right\|}_{BMO}}\frac{{\left| {f\left( x \right)} \right|}}{\lambda }} \right){M_{L{{\left( {\log L} \right)}^{1 + \varepsilon }}}}} \omega \left( x \right)dx$$

where ω ≥ 0, 0 < ε < 1 and Φ(t) = t(1 + log⁺(t)). This inequality relies upon the following sharp L ^p estimate:

$${\left\| {\left[ {b,T} \right]f} \right\|_{{L^p}\left( \omega \right)}} \leqslant {c_T}{\left( {p'} \right)^2}{p^2}{\left( {\frac{{p - 1}}{\delta }} \right)^{\frac{1}{{p'}}}}{\left\| b \right\|_{BMO}}{\left\| f \right\|_{{L^p}\left( {{M_{L{{\left( {{{\log }_L}} \right)}^{2p - 1 + {\delta ^\omega }}}}}} \right)}}$$

where 1 < p < ∞, ω ≥ 0 and 0 < δ < 1. As a consequence we recover the following estimate essentially contained in [18]:

$$\omega \left( {\left\{ {x \in {\mathbb{R}^n}:\left| {\left[ {b,T} \right]f\left( x \right)} \right| > \lambda } \right\}} \right) \leqslant {c_T}{\left[ \omega \right]_{{A_\infty }}}{\left( {1 + {{\log }^ + }{{\left[ \omega \right]}_{{A_\infty }}}} \right)^2}\int_{{\mathbb{R}^n}} {\Phi \left( {{{\left\| b \right\|}_{BMO}}\frac{{\left| {f\left( x \right)} \right|}}{\lambda }} \right)M} \omega \left( x \right)dx.$$

We also obtain the analogue estimates for symbol-multilinear commutators for a wider class of symbols.

     

Infinitely many solutions for Kirchhoff equations with sign-changing potential and Hartree nonlinearity

This paper is concerned with the following Kirchhoff-type equations:

$$\begin{aligned} \left\{ \begin{array}{ll} \displaystyle -\big (a+b\int _{\mathbb {R}^{3}}|\nabla u|^{2}\mathrm {d}x\big )\Delta u+ V(x)u+\mu \phi |u|^{p-2}u=f(x, u)+g(x,u), &{} \text{ in } \mathbb {R}^{3},\\ (-\Delta )^{\frac{\alpha }{2}} \phi = \mu |u|^{p}, &{} \text{ in } \mathbb {R}^{3},\\ \end{array} \right. \end{aligned}$$

where \(a>0,~b,~\mu \ge 0\) are constants, \(\alpha \in (0,3)\), \(p\in [2,3+2\alpha )\), the potential V(x) may be unbounded from below and \(\phi |u|^{p-2}u\) is a Hartree-type nonlinearity. Under some mild conditions on V(x), f(x, u) and g(x, u), we prove that the above system has infinitely many nontrivial solutions. Specially, our results cover the general Schrödinger equations, the Kirchhoff equations and the Schrödinger–Poisson system.

     

Existence results for a singular quasilinear elliptic equation

Let \(\Omega \subset \mathbb R^N\) be a bounded domain with smooth boundary. Existence of a positive solution to the quasilinear equation

$$\begin{aligned} -\text {div}\left[ \left( a(x)+|u|^\theta \right) \nabla u\right] +\frac{\theta }{2}|u|^{\theta -2}u|\nabla u|^2=|u|^{p-2}u \quad \text {in}\ \Omega \end{aligned}$$

with zero Dirichlet boundary condition is proved. Here \(\theta >0\) and a(x) is a measurable function satisfying \(0<\alpha \le a(x)\le \beta \). The equation involves singularity when \(0<\theta \le 1\). As a main novelty with respect to corresponding results in the literature, we only assume \(\theta +2<p<\frac{2^*}{2}(\theta +2)\). The proof relies on a perturbation method and a critical point theory for E-differentiable functionals.

     

Multiple solutions to a magnetic nonlinear Choquard equation

We consider the stationary nonlinear magnetic Choquard equation

$(- {\rm i}\nabla+ A(x))^{2}u + V (x)u = \left(\frac{1}{|x|^{\alpha}}\ast |u|^{p}\right) |u|^{p-2}u,\quad x\in\mathbb{R}^{N}$

where A is a real-valued vector potential, V is a real-valued scalar potential, N ≥ 3, \({\alpha \in (0, N)}\) and 2 ? (α/N) < p < (2N ? α)/(N?2). We assume that both A and V are compatible with the action of some group G of linear isometries of \({\mathbb{R}^{N}}\) . We establish the existence of multiple complex valued solutions to this equation which satisfy the symmetry condition

$u(gx) = \tau(g)u(x)\quad{\rm for\, all }\ g \in G,\;x \in \mathbb{R}^{N},$

where \({\tau : G \rightarrow \mathbb{S}^{1}}\) is a given group homomorphism into the unit complex numbers.

     

Entropy solution for a nonlinear elliptic problem with lower order term in Musielak–Orlicz spaces

In this paper, we shall be concerned with the existence result of the following problem,

$$\begin{aligned} \left\{ \begin{array}{l} -\text {div}\left( a(x,u,\nabla u)\right) -\text {div}(\Phi (x,u))= f \ \ \mathrm{in}\ \Omega ,\\ u=0 \text { on } \partial \Omega , \end{array} \right. \end{aligned}$$

(0.1)

with the second term f belongs to \(L^1(\Omega )\). The growth and the coercivity conditions on the monotone vector field a are prescribed by a generalized N-function M. We assume any restriction on M, therefore we work with Musielak–Orlicz spaces which are not necessarily reflexive. The lower order term \(\Phi \) is a Carathéodory function satisfying only a growth condition.

     

Existence of solutions for a critical fractional Kirchhoff type problem in ℝ<Superscript><Emphasis Type="Italic">N</Emphasis></Superscript>

This paper concerns with the existence of solutions for the following fractional Kirchhoff problem with critical nonlinearity:

$${\left( {\int {\int {_{{\mathbb{R}^{2N}}}\frac{{{{\left| {u\left( x \right) - u\left( y \right)} \right|}^2}}}{{{{\left| {x - y} \right|}^{N + 2s}}}}dxdy} } } \right)^{\theta - 1}}{\left( { - \Delta } \right)^s}u = \lambda h\left( x \right){u^{p - 1}} + {u^{2_s^* - 1}} in {\mathbb{R}^N},$$

where (?Δ) ^s is the fractional Laplacian operator with 0 < s < 1, 2 _s * = 2N/(N ? 2s), N > 2s, p ∈ (1, 2 _s *), θ ∈ [1, 2 _s */2), h is a nonnegative function and λ a real positive parameter. Using the Ekeland variational principle and the mountain pass theorem, we obtain the existence and multiplicity of solutions for the above problem for suitable parameter λ > 0. Furthermore, under some appropriate assumptions, our result can be extended to the setting of a class of nonlocal integro-differential equations. The remarkable feature of this paper is the fact that the coefficient of fractional Laplace operator could be zero at zero, which implies that the above Kirchhoff problem is degenerate. Hence our results are new even in the Laplacian case.

     

Bessel pairs and optimal Hardy and Hardy–Rellich inequalities

We give necessary and sufficient conditions on a pair of positive radial functions V and W on a ball B of radius R in R ⁿ , n ≥ 1, so that the following inequalities hold for all \({u \in C_{0}^{\infty}(B)}\) :

$\label{one} \int\limits_{B}V(x)|\nabla u |^{2}dx \geq \int\limits_{B} W(x)u^2dx,$

$\label{two} \int\limits_{B}V(x)|\Delta u |^{2}dx \geq\int\limits_{B} W(x)|\nabla u|^{2}dx+(n-1)\int\limits_{B}\left(\frac{V(x)}{|x|^2}-\frac{V_r(|x|)}{|x|}\right)|\nabla u|^2dx.$

This characterization makes a very useful connection between Hardy-type inequalities and the oscillatory behaviour of certain ordinary differential equations, and helps in the identification of a large number of such couples (V, W)—that we call Bessel pairs—as well as the best constants in the corresponding inequalities. This allows us to improve, extend, and unify many results—old and new—about Hardy and Hardy–Rellich type inequalities, such as those obtained by Caffarelli et al. (Compos Math 53:259–275, 1984), Brezis and Vázquez (Revista Mat. Univ. Complutense Madrid 10:443–469, 1997), Wang and Willem (J Funct Anal 203:550–568, 2003), Adimurthi et al. (Proc Am Math Soc 130:489–505, 2002), and many others.

     

Nonlinear time-harmonic Maxwell equations in a bounded domain: Lack of compactness

We survey recent results on ground and bound state solutions E:?→R~3 of the problem {▽(▽×E)+}λE=|E|~(P-2)E in Ω,v×E=0 on Ω on a bounded Lipschitz domain ??R~3,where?×denotes the curl operator in R~3.The equation describes the propagation of the time-harmonic electric field R{E(χ)e~(iwt)}in a nonlinear isotropic material ? withλ=-μεω~2≤0,where μ andεstand for the permeability and the linear part of the permittivity of the material.The nonlinear term|E|~(P-2)E with 2p≤2*=6 comes from the nonlinear polarization and the boundary conditions are those for?surrounded by a perfect conductor.The problem has a variational structure;however the energy functional associated with the problem is strongly indefinite and does not satisfy the Palais-Smale condition.We show the underlying difficulties of the problem and enlist some open questions.