A priori bounds for semilinear equations and a new class of critical exponents for Lipschitz domains

A priori bounds for positive, very weak solutions of semilinear elliptic boundary value problems −Δu=f(x,u) on a bounded domain Ω⊂Rn with u=0 on ∂Ω are studied, where the nonlinearity 0?f(x,s) grows at most like sp. If Ω is a Lipschitz domain we exhibit two exponents p_* and p^*, which depend on the boundary behavior of the Green function and on the smallest interior opening angle of ∂Ω. We prove that for 1<p<p_* all positive very weak solutions are a priori bounded in L^∞. For p>p^* we construct a nonlinearity f(x,s)=a(x)sp together with a positive very weak solution which does not belong to L^∞. Finally we exhibit a class of domains for which p_*=p^*. For such domains we have found a true critical exponent for very weak solutions. In the case of smooth domains is an exponent which is well known from classical work of Brezis, Turner [H. Brezis, R.E.L. Turner, On a class of superlinear elliptic problems, Comm. Partial Differential Equations 2 (1977) 601-614] and from recent work of Quittner, Souplet [P. Quittner, Ph. Souplet, A priori estimates and existence for elliptic systems via bootstrap in weighted Lebesgue spaces, Arch. Ration. Mech. Anal. 174 (2004) 49-81].     

Biholomorphic mappings on bounded starlike circular domains

Let Ω⊂Cn be a bounded starlike circular domain with 0∈Ω. In this paper, we introduce a class of holomorphic mappings Mg on Ω. Let f(z) be a normalized locally biholomorphic mapping on Ω such that and z=0 is the zero of order k+1 of f(z)−z. We obtain a sharp growth theorem and sharp coefficient bounds for f(z). As applications, sharp distortion theorems for a subclass of starlike mappings are obtained. These results unify and generalize many known results.     

Uniqueness results for semilinear polyharmonic boundary value problems on conformally contractible domains. II

We continue Part I of this paper on polyharmonic boundary value problems (−Δ)^mu=f(u) on , , with Dirichlet boundary conditions. Here Ω is a bounded or unbounded conformally contractible domain as defined in Part I. The uniqueness principle proved in Part I is applied to show the following theorems: if f(s)=λs+|s|^p−1s, λ?0, with a supercritical p>(n+2m)/(n−2m) we extend the well-known non-existence result of Pucci and Serrin (Indiana Univ. Math. J. 35 (1986) 681-703) for bounded star-shaped domains to the wider class of bounded conformally contractible domains. We give two examples of domains in this class which are not star-shaped. In the case where 1<p<(n+2m)/(n−2m) is subcritical we give lower bounds for the L^∞-norm of non-trivial solutions. For certain unbounded conformally contractible domains, 1<p<(n+2m)/(n−2m) subcritical and λ?0 we show that the only smooth solution in H2m−1(Ω) is u≡0. Finally, on a bounded conformally contractible domain uniqueness of non-trivial solutions for f(s)=λ(1+|s|^p−1s), p>(n+2m)/(n−2m), supercritical and small λ>0 is proved. Solutions are critical points of a functional on a suitable space X. The theorems are proved by finding one-parameter groups of transformations on X which strictly reduce the values of . Then the uniqueness principle of Part I can be applied.     

Functional calculi of second-order elliptic partial differential operators with bounded measurable coefficients

Consider a second-order elliptic partial differential operatorL in divergence form with real, symmetric, bounded measurable coefficients, under Dirichlet or Neumann conditions on the boundary of a strongly Lipschitz domain Ω. Suppose that 1 <p < ∞ and μ > 0. ThenL has a bounded H_∞ functional calculus in L^p(Ω), in the sense that ¦¦f (L +cI)u¦¦_p ≤C sup_¦arλ¦<μ ^¦f¦ ¦‖u¦‖_p for some constantsc andC, and all bounded holomorphic functionsf on the sector ¦ argλ¦ < μ that contains the spectrum ofL +cI. We prove this by showing that the operatorsf(L + cI) are Calderón-Zygmund singular integral operators.     

A New Class of Harmonic Measure Distribution Functions

Let Ω be a planar domain containing 0. Let h _Ω (r) be the harmonic measure at 0 in Ω of the part of the boundary of Ω within distance r of 0. The resulting function h _Ω is called the harmonic measure distribution function of Ω. In this paper we address the inverse problem by establishing several sets of sufficient conditions on a function f for f to arise as a harmonic measure distribution function. In particular, earlier work of Snipes and Ward shows that for each function f that increases from zero to one, there is a sequence of multiply connected domains X _n such that \(h_{X_{n}}\) converges to f pointwise almost everywhere. We show that if f satisfies our sufficient conditions, then f=h _Ω , where Ω is a subsequential limit of bounded simply connected domains that approximate the domains X _n . Further, the limit domain is unique in a class of suitably symmetric domains. Thus f=h _Ω for a unique symmetric bounded simply connected domain Ω.     

Existence and multiplicity of solutions for quasilinear nonhomogeneous problems: An Orlicz-Sobolev space setting

We study the boundary value problem −div(log(1+q|∇u|)|∇u|^p−2∇u)=f(u) in Ω, u=0 on ∂Ω, where Ω is a bounded domain in RN with smooth boundary. We distinguish the cases where either f(u)=−λ|u|^p−2u+|u|^r−2u or f(u)=λ|u|^p−2u−|u|^r−2u, with p, q>1, p+q<min{N,r}, and r<(Np−N+p)/(N−p). In the first case we show the existence of infinitely many weak solutions for any λ>0. In the second case we prove the existence of a nontrivial weak solution if λ is sufficiently large. Our approach relies on adequate variational methods in Orlicz-Sobolev spaces.     

Null curves in {\mathbb{C}^3} and Calabi–Yau conjectures

For any open orientable surface M and convex domain ${\Omega\subset \mathbb{C}^3,}$ there exist a Riemann surface N homeomorphic to M and a complete proper null curve F : N → Ω. This result follows from a general existence theorem with many applications. Among them, the followings:

For any convex domain Ω in ${\mathbb{C}^2}$ there exist a Riemann surface N homeomorphic to M and a complete proper holomorphic immersion F : N → Ω. Furthermore, if ${D \subset \mathbb{R}^2}$ is a convex domain and Ω is the solid right cylinder ${\{x \in \mathbb{C}^2 \,|\, \mbox{Re}(x) \in D\},}$ then F can be chosen so that Re(F) : N → D is proper.

There exist a Riemann surface N homeomorphic to M and a complete bounded holomorphic null immersion ${F:N \to {\rm SL}(2, \mathbb{C}).}$

There exists a complete bounded CMC-1 immersion ${X:M \to \mathbb{H}^3.}$

For any convex domain ${\Omega \subset \mathbb{R}^3}$ there exists a complete proper minimal immersion (X _j ) _j=1,2,3 : M → Ω with vanishing flux. Furthermore, if ${D \subset \mathbb{R}^2}$ is a convex domain and ${\Omega=\{(x_j)_{j=1,2,3} \in \mathbb{R}^3 \,|\, (x_1,x_2) \in D\},}$ then X can be chosen so that (X ₁, X ₂) : M → D is proper.

Any of the above surfaces can be chosen with hyperbolic conformal structure.     

Existence results for quasilinear elliptic equations with multivalued nonlinear terms

In this paper we study the existence of solutions u ∈ \({{W}^{1,p}_{0}}\) (Ω) with △ _p u ∈ L ²(Ω) for the Dirichlet problem 1 $$ \left\{ \begin{array} [c]{l}-\triangle_{p}u\left( x\right) \in-\partial{\Phi}\left( u\left( x\right) \right) +G\left( x,u\left( x\right) \right) ,x\in{\Omega},\\ u\mid_{\partial{\Omega}}=0, \end{array} \right. $$ where Ω ? R ^N is a bounded open set with boundary ?Ω, △ _p stands for the p?Laplace differential operator, ?Φ denotes the subdifferential (in the sense of convex analysis) of a proper convex and lower semicontinuous function Φ and G : Ω × R → 2^R is a multivalued map. We prove two existence results: the first one deals with the case where the multivalued map u ? G(x, u) is upper semicontinuous with closed convex values and the second one deals with the case when u ? G(x, u) is lower semicontinuous with closed (not necessarily convex) values.     

The Poisson equation on complete manifolds with positive spectrum and applications

In this paper we investigate the existence of a solution to the Poisson equation on complete manifolds with positive spectrum and Ricci curvature bounded from below. We show that if a function f has decay f=O(r−1−ε) for some ε>0, where r is the distance function to a fixed point, then the Poisson equation Δu=f has a solution u with at most exponential growth.We apply this result on the Poisson equation to study the existence of harmonic maps between complete manifolds and also existence of Hermitian-Einstein metrics on holomorphic vector bundles over complete manifolds, thus extending some results of Li-Tam and Ni.Assuming moreover that the manifold is simply connected and of Ricci curvature between two negative constants, we can prove that in fact the Poisson equation has a bounded solution and we apply this result to the Ricci flow on complete surfaces.     

Nontrivial solutions for perturbations of a Hardy-Sobolev operator on unbounded domains

In this paper we study the existence of nontrivial solution of the problem −Δ_pu−(μ/[d(x)]^p)|u|^p−2u=f(u) in Ω and u=0 on ∂Ω, where is a bounded domain with smooth boundary in Existence is established using mountain-pass lemma and concentration of compactness principle.     

Topological stable rank of H ∞(Ω) for circular domains Ω

Let Ω be a circular domain, that is, an open disk with finitely many closed disjoint disks removed. Denote by H ^∞(Ω) the Banach algebra of all bounded holomorphic functions on Ω, with pointwise operations and the supremum norm. We show that the topological stable rank of H ^∞(Ω) is equal to 2. The proof is based on Suárez’s theorem that the topological stable rank of H ^∞( $ \mathbb{D} $ ) is equal to 2, where $ \mathbb{D} $ is the unit disk. We also show that for circular domains symmetric to the real axis, the Bass and topological stable ranks of the real-symmetric algebra H _? ^∞ (Ω) are 2.     

Multiple positive solutions of nonhomogeneous elliptic systems with strongly indefinite structure and critical Sobolev exponents

In this paper, we study the existence of multiple positive solutions to some Hamiltonian elliptic systems −Δv=λu+u^p+εf(x), −Δu=μv+v^q+δg(x) in Ω;u,v>0 in Ω; u=v=0 on ∂Ω, where Ω is a bounded domain in R^N (N?3); 0?f, g∈L∞(Ω); 1/(p+1)+1/(q+1)=(N−2)/N, p,q>1; λ,μ>0. Using sub- and supersolution method and based on an adaptation of the dual variational approach, we prove the existence of at least two nontrivial positive solutions for all λ,μ∈(0,λ₁) and ε,δ∈(0,δ₀), where λ₁ is the first eigenvalue of the Laplace operator −Δ with zero Dirichlet boundary conditions and δ₀ is a positive number.     

Exposing Points on the Boundary of a Strictly Pseudoconvex or a Locally Convexifiable Domain of Finite 1-Type

We show that for any bounded domain \(\varOmega\subset\mathbb{C} ^{n}\) of 1-type 2k which is locally convexifiable at p∈bΩ, having a Stein neighborhood basis, there is a biholomorphic map \(f:\bar{\varOmega}\rightarrow\mathbb{C} ^{n} \) such that f(p) is a global extreme point of type 2k for \(f{(\overline{\varOmega})}\) .     

Approximate identities on some homogeneous Banach spaces

We study convergence of approximate identities on some complete semi-normed or normed spaces of locally L ^p functions where translations are isometries, namely Marcinkiewicz spaces M^p{\mathcal{M}^{p}} and Stepanoff spaces S^p{\mathcal{S}^p}, 1 ≤ p < ∞, as well as others where translations are not isometric but bounded (the bounded p-mean spaces M ^p ) or even unbounded (M^p₀{M^{p}_{0}}). We construct a function f that belongs to these spaces and has the property that all approximate identities f_e * f{\phi_\varepsilon * f} converge to f pointwise but they never converge in norm.     

Positive solutions of the p-Laplace equation with singular nonlinearity

For a given bounded domain Ω in Rn with C1,? boundary for some 0<?<1, and a possibly singular nonlinearity f on Ω×(0,∞), we give sufficient conditions on f so that the p-Laplace equation −Δpu=f(x,u) admits a solution . On the basis of a comparison principle we will give a sufficient condition under which such a problem admits a unique solution.     

Local existence of solutions to some degenerate parabolic equation associated with the p-Laplacian

The existence of local (in time) solutions of the initial-boundary value problem for the following degenerate parabolic equation: ut(x,t)−Δpu(x,t)−|u|^q−2u(x,t)=f(x,t), (x,t)∈Ω×(0,T), where 2?p<q<+∞, Ω is a bounded domain in RN, is given and Δp denotes the so-called p-Laplacian defined by Δpu:=∇⋅(|∇u|^p−2∇u), with initial data u₀∈Lr(Ω) is proved under r>N(q−p)/p without imposing any smallness on u₀ and f. To this end, the above problem is reduced into the Cauchy problem for an evolution equation governed by the difference of two subdifferential operators in a reflexive Banach space, and the theory of subdifferential operators and potential well method are employed to establish energy estimates. Particularly, Lr-estimates of solutions play a crucial role to construct a time-local solution and reveal the dependence of the time interval [0,T₀] in which the problem admits a solution. More precisely, T₀ depends only on Lr|u₀| and f.     

The Degree of Proper Holomorphic MappingsBetween Special Domains in C^n

Let Gi be closed Lie groups of U (n), Ω i be bounded Gi-invariant domains in C^n which contains 0, and O(C^n)^Gi = C, for i = 1, 2. It is known that if f : Ω 1 → Ω 2 is a proper holomorphic mapping, and f^-1{0} = {0}, then f is a polynomial mapping. In this paper, we provide an upper bound for the degree of such a polynomial mapping using the multiplicity of f .     

Global attractors for p-Laplacian equation

The existence of a -global attractor is proved for the p-Laplacian equation ut−div(|∇u|^p−2∇u)+f(u)=g on a bounded domain Ω⊂Rn(n?3) with Dirichlet boundary condition, where p?2. The nonlinear term f is supposed to satisfy the polynomial growth condition of arbitrary order c₁q|u|−k?f(u)u?c₂q|u|+k and f^′(u)?−l, where q?2 is arbitrary. There is no other restriction on p and q. The asymptotic compactness of the corresponding semigroup is proved by using a new a priori estimate method, called asymptotic a priori estimate.     

Complete quenching for singular parabolic problems

We prove finite time extinction of the solution of the equation ut−Δu+χ{u>0}(u−β−λf(u))=0 in Ω×(0,∞) with boundary data u(x,t)=0 on ∂Ω×(0,∞) and initial condition u(x,0)=u₀(x) in Ω, where Ω⊂RN is a bounded smooth domain, 0<β<1 and λ>0 is a parameter. For every small enough λ>0 there exists a time t₀>0 such that the solution is identically equal to zero.