Sobolev type embedding and quasilinear elliptic equations with radial potentials

We study the existence of nontrivial radial solutions for quasilinear elliptic equations with unbounded or decaying radial potentials. The existence results are based upon several new embedding theorems we establish in the paper for radially symmetric functions.     

Semiclassical ground state solutions for a Schrödinger equation in with critical exponential growth

Consider a Schrödinger equation where and are two continuous real functions on , ε is a positive parameter, the nonlinearity f is assumed to be of critical exponential growth in the sense of the Trudinger‐Moser inequality. By truncating the potentials and , we are able to establish some new existence and concentration results for critical Schrödinger equation in by variational methods. As a particular case, we observe that the concentration appears at the maximum set of the nonlinear potential which complements the results in 6 , 23 .     

Some results on the qualitative properties of positive solutions of quasilinear elliptic equations

We consider the Dirichlet problem in Ω with zero Dirichlet boundary conditions. We prove local summability properties of and we exploit these results to give geometric characterizations of the critical set . We extend to the case of changing sign nonlinearities some results known in the case f(s) > 0 for s > 0. Berardino Sciunzi: Supported by MURST, Project “Metodi Variazionali ed Equazioni Differenziali Non Lineari”     

Positive solutions for a class of singular quasilinear Schrödinger equations with critical Sobolev exponent

We prove the existence of positive solutions of the following singular quasilinear Schrödinger equations at critical growth

$?\mathrm{\Delta }u?\lambda c(x)u?\kappa \alpha (\mathrm{\Delta }(|u{|}^{2\alpha }))|u{|}^{2\alpha ?2}u=|u{|}^{q?2}u+|u{|}^{2^{?}?2}u,u\in D^{1,2}({\mathbb{R}}^N),$

via variational methods, where $\lambda \ge 0$, $c:{\mathbb{R}}^N\to {\mathbb{R}}^{+}$, $\kappa >0$, $0<\alpha <1/2$, $2<q<2^{?}$. It is interesting that we do not need to add a weight function to control $|u{|}^{q?2}u$.     

Regularity theory for a class of quasilinear equations

This paper addresses the analysis of the weak solution of in a bounded domain Ω subject to the boundary condition on , when the data f belongs to and . We prove existence and uniqueness of solution for this problem in the Nikolskii space . Moreover, we obtain energy estimates regarding the Nikolskii norm of ω in terms of the norm of f.     

New characterizations of Sobolev metric spaces

We provide new characterizations of Sobolev ad BV spaces in doubling and Poincaré metric spaces in the spirit of the Bourgain–Brezis–Mironescu and Nguyen limit formulas holding in domains of ${\mathbb{R}}^N$.     

A Trudinger–Moser inequality in a weighted Sobolev space and applications

We establish a Trudinger–Moser type inequality in a weighted Sobolev space. The inequality is applied in the study of the elliptic equation where , f has exponential critical growth and h belongs to the dual of an appropriate function space. We prove that the problem has at least two weak solutions provided is small.     

Uniqueness of positive radial solutions for quasilinear elliptic equations in an annulus

Extending a previous result of Tang [1] we prove the uniqueness of positive radial solutions of Δ_pu+f(u)=0, subject to Dirichlet boundary conditions on an annulus in Rⁿ with 2<p≤n, under suitable hypotheses on the nonlinearity f. This argument also provides an alternative proof for the uniqueness of positive solutions of the same problem in a finite ball (see [9]), in the complement of a ball or in the whole space Rⁿ (see [10], [3] and [11]).     

On the existence of some new positive interior spike solutions to a semilinear Neumann problem

In this paper we are concerned with the following Neumann problem

     

Convergence and decay rate to equilibrium of bounded solutions of quasilinear parabolic equations

We study the convergence and decay rate to equilibrium of bounded solutions of the quasilinear parabolic equation

ut−diva(x,∇u)+f(x,u)=0     

A priori estimates, existence and non-existence of positive solutions of generalized mean curvature equations

This paper concerns a priori estimates and existence of solutions of generalized mean curvature equations with Dirichlet boundary value conditions in smooth domains. Using the blow-up method with the Liouville-type theorem of the p laplacian equation, we obtain a priori bounds and the estimates of interior gradient for all solutions. The existence of positive solutions is derived by the topological method. We also consider the non-existence of solutions by Pohozaev identities.     

On the multiplicity of positive solutions for p-Laplace equations via Morse theory

Let us consider the quasilinear problem

     

Multiplicity results for a class of quasilinear equations with exponential critical growth

In this work, we prove the existence and multiplicity of positive solutions for the following class of quasilinear elliptic equations: where is the N‐Laplacian operator, , f is a function with exponential critical growth, μ and ε are positive parameters and A is a nonnegative continuous function verifying some hypotheses. To obtain our results, we combine variational arguments and Lusternik–Schnirelman category theory.     

Multiplicity of positive solutions for a class of concave-convex elliptic equations with critical growth

In this article, the following concave and convex nonlinearities elliptic equations involving critical growth is considered,{-△u=g(x)|u|2*-2u+λf(x)|u|q-2u,x∈Ω,u=0,x∈■Ω where Ω■R~N(N≥3) is an open bounded domain with smooth boundary, 1 q 2, λ 0.2*=2 N/(N-2)is the critical Sobolev exponent,f∈L2~*/(2~*-q)(Ω)is nonzero and nonnegative,and g ∈ C(■) is a positive function with k local maximum points. By the Nehari method and variational method,k+1 positive solutions are obtained. Our results complement and optimize the previous work by Lin [MR2870946, Nonlinear Anal. 75(2012) 2660-2671].     

Global existence and decay estimate of solutions to magneto-micropolar fluid equations

We are concerned with magneto-micropolar fluid equations (1.3)–(1.4). The global existence of solutions to the Cauchy problem is investigated under certain conditions. Precisely, for the magneto-micropolar-Navier–Stokes (MMNS) system, we obtain global existence and large time behavior of solutions near a constant states in ${\mathbb{R}}^3$. Appealing to a refined pure energy method, we first obtain a global existence theorem by assuming that the $H^3$ norm of the initial data is small, but the higher order derivatives can be arbitrary large. If the initial data belongs to homogeneous Sobolev norms ${\dot{H}}^{?s}$ $(0\le s<\frac{3}{2})$ or homogeneous Besov norms ${\dot{B}}_{2,\infty }^{?s}$ $(0<s\le \frac{3}{2})$, we obtain the optimal decay rates of the solutions and its higher order derivatives. As an immediate byproduct, we also obtain the usual $L^p?L^2$ $(1\le p\le 2)$ type of the decay rates without requiring that the $L^p$ norm of initial data is small. At last, we derive a weak solution to (1.3)–(1.4) in ${\mathbb{R}}^2$ with large initial data.     

Traces of functions in Hardy and Besov spaces on Lipschitz domains with applications to compensated compactness and the theory of Hardy and Bergman type spaces

In this paper we study conditions guaranteeing that functions defined on a Lipschitz domain Ω have boundary traces in Hardy and Besov spaces on ∂Ω. In turn these results are used to develop a new approach to the theory of compensated compactness and the theory of non-locally convex Hardy and Bergman type spaces.