Discontinuous superlinear elliptic equations of divergence form

We prove existence and global Hölder regularity of the weak solution to the Dirichlet problem $\left\{ {\begin{array}{lc} {{\rm div} \left( a^{ij} (x,u)D_{j} u \right) = b(x,u,Du) \quad {\rm in}\, \Omega \subset {\mathbb R}^{n}, \, n \ge 2,} \\ {u = 0 \quad \quad \quad \quad \quad \quad \quad \quad \quad \quad \quad \quad \,{\rm on}\, \partial\Omega \in C^{1}. } \\ \end{array}} \right.$ The coefficients a ^ij (x, u) are supposed to be VMO functions with respect to x while the term b(x, u, Du) allows controlled growth with respect to the gradient Du and satisfies a sort of sign-condition with respect to u. Our results correct and generalize the announcements in Ragusa (Nonlinear Differ Equ Appl 13:605–617, 2007, Erratum in Nonlinear Differ Equ Appl 15:277–277, 2008).     

Nontrivial solvability of elliptic equations in divergence form with complex coefficients

The stationary Fokker-Planck-Kolmogorov equation with complex diffusion coefficients and a complex vector-field is examined on a torus. Under suitable conditions for the diffusion coefficients, it is proven that a nontrivial solution exists and the solution space is multidimensional in some cases.     

H convergence for quasi-linear elliptic equations with quadratic growth

We consider in this paper the limit behavior of the solutionsu ^? of the problem $$\begin{gathered} - div(a^\varepsilon Du^\varepsilon ) + \gamma u^\varepsilon = H^\varepsilon (x, u^\varepsilon , Du^\varepsilon ), \hfill \\ u^\varepsilon \in H_0^1 (\Omega ) \cap L^\infty (\Omega ), \hfill \\ \end{gathered}$$ whereH ^? has quadratic growth inDu ^? anda ^? (x) is a family of matrices satisfying the general assumptions of abstract homogenization. We also consider the problem $$\begin{gathered} - div(a^\varepsilon Du^\varepsilon ) + G^\varepsilon (x, u^\varepsilon , Du^\varepsilon ) = f \in H^{ - 1} (\Omega ), \hfill \\ u^\varepsilon \in H_0^1 (\Omega ), G^\varepsilon (x, u^\varepsilon , Du^\varepsilon ) \in L^1 (\Omega ), u^\varepsilon G^\varepsilon (x, u^\varepsilon , Du^\varepsilon ) \in L^1 (\Omega ) \hfill \\ \end{gathered}$$ whereG ^? has quadratic growth inDu ^? and satisfiesG ^? (x, s, ξ)s ≥ 0. Note that in this last modelu ^? is in general unbounded, which gives extra difficulties for the homogenization process. In both cases we pass to the limit and obtain an homogenized equation having the same structure.     

Solvability of boundary-value problems for nonlinear elliptic equations that are not in the divergence form

One introduces a topological characteristic of general nonlinear elliptic problems, one establishes the solvability of the Dirichlet problem for the Monge-Ampere equations and the solvability of the general nonlinear Dirichlet problem in a thin layer.     

Homogenization of degenerate elliptic equations

We consider the divergent elliptic equations whose weight function and its inverse are assumed locally integrable. The equations of this type exhibit the Lavrentiev phenomenon, the nonuniqueness of weak solutions, as well as other surprising consequences. We classify the weak solutions of degenerate elliptic equations and show the attainability of the so-called W-solutions. Investigating the homogenization of arbitrary attainable solutions, we find their different asymptotic behavior. Under the assumption of the higher integrability of the weight function we estimate the difference between the exact solution and certain special approximations.     

Global regularity for divergence form elliptic equations on quasiconvex domains

In this paper, we introduce a notion of quasiconvex domain, and show that the global W1,p regularity holds on such domains for a wide class of divergence form elliptic equations. The modified Vitali covering lemma, compactness method and the maximal function technique are the main analytical tools.     

Generalized boundary values of solutions of quasilinear elliptic equations with linear principal part

We establish conditions for the nonlinear part of a quasilinear elliptic equation of order 2m with linear principal part under which a solution regular inside a domain and belonging to a certain weighted L ₁-space takes boundary values in the space of generalized functions. __________ Translated from Ukrains’kyi Matematychnyi Zhurnal, Vol. 59, No. 12, pp. 1674–1688, December, 2007.     

On the convergence of solutions of degenerate elliptic equations in divergence form

It is studied the convergence of solutions of Dirichlet problems for sequences of monotone operators of the type — div (a_h (x, D·)), where the functions a_h verify the following degenerate coerciveness assumption

Generalized solutions for a class of non-uniformaly elliptic equations in divergence form

We study a general class of quasilinear non-uniformly elliptic pdes in divergence from with linear growth in the gradient. We examine the notions of BV and viscosity solutions and derive for such generalized solutions various a priori pointwise and integral estimates, including a Harnack inequality. In particular we prove that viscosity solutions are unique (on strictly convex domains), are contained in the space BV ^loc and are C ^1,α almost everywhere.     

Local behaviour of singular solutions for nonlinear elliptic equations in divergence form

We consider the following class of nonlinear elliptic equations $$\begin{array}{ll}{-}{\rm div}(\mathcal{A}(|x|)\nabla u) +u^q=0\quad {\rm in}\; B_1(0)\setminus\{0\}, \end{array}$$ where q > 1 and ${\mathcal{A}}$ is a positive C ¹(0,1] function which is regularly varying at zero with index ${\vartheta}$ in (2?N,2). We prove that all isolated singularities at zero for the positive solutions are removable if and only if ${\Phi\not\in L^q(B_1(0))}$ , where ${\Phi}$ denotes the fundamental solution of ${-{\rm div}(\mathcal{A}(|x|)\nabla u)=\delta_0}$ in ${\mathcal D'(B_1(0))}$ and δ₀ is the Dirac mass at 0. Moreover, we give a complete classification of the behaviour near zero of all positive solutions in the more delicate case that ${\Phi\in L^q(B_1(0))}$ . We also establish the existence of positive solutions in all the categories of such a classification. Our results apply in particular to the model case ${\mathcal{A}(|x|)=|x|^\vartheta}$ with ${\vartheta\in (2-N,2)}$ .     

A singular perturbation free boundary problem for elliptic equations in divergence form

In this paper we study the free boundary problem arising as a limit as ɛ → 0 of the singular perturbation problem , where A = A(x) is Holder continuous, β _ɛ converges to the Dirac delta δ₀. By studying some suitable level sets of u _ɛ, uniform geometric properties are obtained and show to hold for the free boundary of the limit function. A detailed analysis of the free boundary condition is also done. At last, using very recent results of Salsa and Ferrari, we prove that if A and Γ are Lipschitz continuous, the free boundary is a C ^1,γ surface around a.e. point on the free boundary.     

A semilinear elliptic PDE not in divergence form via variational methods

In this paper we consider a semilinear equation driven by an operator not in divergence form. Precisely, the principal part of the operator is in divergence form, but it has also a lower order term depending on Du. While the right-hand side of the equation satisfies superlinear and subcritical growth conditions at zero and at infinity. The problem has not a variational structure, but, despite that, we use variational techniques in order to prove an existence and regularity result for the equation.     

散度形式椭圆型方程弱下解的局部估计

运用De Giorgi迭代技巧,得到了一般散度形式的椭圆型偏微分方程弱下解的局部估计,推广了有关文献中的结论.     

Regularity of solutions of linear and quasilinear equations of elliptic type in divergence form

Translated from Matematicheskie Zametki, Vol. 53, No. 1, pp. 68–82, January, 1993.     

Multiplicity of positive solutions for a class of elliptic equations in divergence form

We prove results concerning the existence and multiplicity of positive solutions for the quasilinear equation