Weighted Sobolev embedding with unbounded and decaying radial potentials

We prove embedding results of weighted W1,p(RN) spaces of radially symmetric functions. The results then are used to obtain ground and bound state solutions of quasilinear equations with unbounded or decaying radial potentials.     

Radial equivalence for the two basic nonlinear degenerate diffusion equations

In this paper we prove that there exists an explicit correspondence between the radially symmetric solutions of two well-known models of nonlinear diffusion, the porous medium equation and the p-Laplacian equation. We establish exact correspondence formulas between these solutions. We also study in detail the application of the results in the important case of self-similar solutions. In particular, we derive the existence of new self-similar solutions for the evolution p-Laplacian equation.     

Existence of radial solutions with prescribed number of zeros for elliptic equations and their Morse index

In this paper we consider radially symmetric solutions of the nonlinear Dirichlet problem Δu+f(|x|,u)=0 in Ω, where Ω is a ball in RN, N?3 and f satisfies some appropriate assumptions. We prove existence of radially symmetric solutions with k prescribed number of zeros. Moreover, when f(|x|,u)=K(|x|)|u|^p−1u, using the uniqueness result due to Tanaka (2008) [21], we verify that these solutions are non-degenerate and we prove that their radial Morse index is exactly k.     

Positive radially symmetric solution of the Dirichlet problem for a nonlinear elliptic system with <Emphasis Type="Italic">p</Emphasis>-Laplacian

Sufficient conditions for the existence and uniqueness of a positive radially symmetric solution of the Dirichlet problem for a nonlinear elliptic second-order system with p-Laplacian are obtained. In addition, it also proved that these conditions guarantee the nonexistence of a global positive radially symmetric solution.     

Partial regularity of stable solutions to the supercritical equations and its applications

We prove the partial regularity of stable solutions of supercritical elliptic equations. As an application, we prove that any smooth stable entire solution to supercritical equations with p$p$ in a suitable range is radially symmetric.     

A comparison result for perturbed radial p-Laplacians

Consider the radially symmetric p-Laplacian for p?2 under zero Dirichlet boundary conditions. The main result of the present paper is that under appropriate conditions a solution of a perturbed (radially symmetric) p-Laplacian can be compared with the solution of the unperturbed one. As a consequence one obtains a sign preserving result for a system of p-Laplacians which are coupled in a nonquasimonotone way.     

Existence of radially symmetric solutions of the inhomogeneous <Emphasis Type="Italic">p</Emphasis>-Laplace equation

We consider the Dirichlet problem for the inhomogeneous p-Laplace equation with p nonlinear source. New sufficient conditions are established for the existence of weak bounded radially symmetric solutions as well as a priori estimates of solution and of the gradient of solution. We obtain an explicit formula that shows the dependence of the existence of these solutions on the dimension of the problem, the size of the domain, the exponent p, the nonlinear source, and the exterior mass forces.     

Some Qualitative Properties for the Total Variation Flow

We prove the existence of a finite extinction time for the solutions of the Dirichlet problem for the total variation flow. For the Neumann problem, we prove that the solutions reach the average of its initial datum in finite time. The asymptotic profile of the solutions of the Dirichlet problem is also studied. It is shown that the profiles are nonzero solutions of an eigenvalue-type problem that seems to be unexplored in the previous literature. The propagation of the support is analyzed in the radial case showing a behaviour entirely different to the case of the problem associated with the p-Laplacian operator. Finally, the study of the radially symmetric case allows us to point out other qualitative properties that are peculiar of this special class of quasilinear equations.     

Global existence of the radially symmetric solutions of the Navier–Stokes equations for the isentropic compressible fluids

We study the isentropic compressible Navier–Stokes equations with radially symmetric data in an annular domain. We first prove the global existence and regularity results on the radially symmetric weak solutions with non‐negative bounded densities. Then we prove the global existence of radially symmetric strong solutions when the initial data ρ₀, u ₀ satisfy the compatibility condition for some radially symmetric g ∈ L². The initial density ρ₀ needs not be positive. We also prove some uniqueness results on the strong solutions. Copyright © 2004 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Solutions of elliptic equations with a level surface parallel to the boundary: Stability of the radial configuration

A positive solution of a homogeneous Dirichlet boundary value problem or initial-value problems for certain elliptic or parabolic equations must be radially symmetric and monotone in the radial direction if just one of its level surfaces is parallel to the boundary of the domain. Here, for the elliptic case, we prove the stability counterpart of that result. We show that if the solution is almost constant on a surface at a fixed distance from the boundary, then the domain is almost radially symmetric, in the sense that is contained in and contains two concentric balls \({B_{{r_e}}}\) and \({B_{{r_i}}}\), with the difference r_e-r_i (linearly) controlled by a suitable norm of the deviation of the solution from a constant. The proof relies on and elaborates arguments developed by Aftalion, Busca, and Reichel.     

Uniqueness of weak solutions to the Ginzburg-Landau model for superconductivity

We prove the uniqueness for weak solutions of the time-dependent 2-D Ginzburg-Landau model for superconductivity with L ² initial data in the case of Coulomb gauge. This question was left open in Tang and Wang (Physica D, 88:139?C166, 1995). We also prove the uniqueness of the 3-D radially symmetric solution in bounded annular domain with the choice of Lorentz gauge and L ² initial data.     

Uniqueness of a positive radially symmetric Solution of the Dirichlet problem for certain nonlinear differential equation of the second order in a ball

We consider the Dirichlet problem

$u_\Gamma = 0$

for the nonlinear differential equation

$\Delta u + \left| x \right|^m \left| u \right|^p = 0, x \in S,$

with constant m ≥ 0 and p > 1 in the unit ball S = {x ∈ R ⁿ : |x| < 1}(n ≥ 3) with the boundary Γ. We prove that with p ≤ m+n/n?2 this problem has a unique positive radially symmetric solution.

     

Multiple existence of non-radial solutions with group invariance for sublinear elliptic equations

We deal with sublinear elliptic equations in a ball and prove the existence of infinitely many solutions which are not radially symmetric but G invariant. Here G is any closed subgroup of the orthogonal group and is not transitive on the unit sphere.     

Thick clusters for the radially symmetric nonlinear Schrödinger equation

This article is devoted to the study of radially symmetric solutions to the nonlinear Schrödinger equation

$\varepsilon^2 \Delta u - V(r)u + |u|^{p-1}u = 0\, {\rm in} B,\quad \frac{\partial u}{\partial n} = 0\, {\rm on}\,{\partial}B,$

where B is a ball in \({\mathbb{R}}^N\) , 1 <  p <  (N +  2)/(N ? 2), N ≥ 3 and the potential V is radially symmetric. We construct positive clustering solutions in an annulus having O(1/?) critical points, as well as sign changing solutions with O(1/?) zeroes concentrating near zero.

     

Bounds for Maximal Functions Associated with Rotational Invariant Measures in High Dimensions

In recent articles (A. Criado in Proc. R. Soc. Edinb. Sect. A 140(3):541–552, 2010; Aldaz and Pérez Lázaro in Positivity 15:199–213, 2011) it was proved that when μ is a finite, radial measure in ? ⁿ with a bounded, radially decreasing density, the L ^p (μ) norm of the associated maximal operator M _μ grows to infinity with the dimension for a small range of values of p near 1. We prove that when μ is Lebesgue measure restricted to the unit ball and p<2, the L ^p operator norms of the maximal operator are unbounded in dimension, even when the action is restricted to radially decreasing functions. In spite of this, this maximal operator admits dimension-free L ^p bounds for every p>2, when restricted to radially decreasing functions. On the other hand, when μ is the Gaussian measure, the L ^p operator norms of the maximal operator grow to infinity with the dimension for any finite p>1, even in the subspace of radially decreasing functions.     

Increasing variational solutions for a nonlinear p-laplace equation without growth conditions

By means of a recent variational technique, we prove the existence of radially monotone solutions to a class of nonlinear problems involving the p-Laplace operator. No subcriticality condition (in the sense of Sobolev spaces) is required.     

Terme constant de fonctions sur un espace symétrique réductif p-adique

We generalize Casselman's pairing to p-adic reductive symmetric spaces and study the asymptotic behaviour of certain generalized coefficients. We also prove an analogue of a lemma due to Langlands which allows us to prove a disjunction result for the Cartan decomposition of the p-adic reductive symmetric spaces.     

Isotropic subspaces in symmetric composition algebras and Kummer subspaces in central simple algebras of degree 3

The maximal isotropic subspaces in split Cayley algebras were classified by van der Blij and Springer in Nieuw Archief voor Wiskunde VIII(3):158–169, 1960. Here we translate this classification to arbitrary composition algebras. We study intersection properties of such spaces in a symmetric composition algebra, and prove two triality results: one for two-D isotropic spaces, and another for isotropic vectors and maximal isotropic spaces. We bound the distance between isotropic spaces of various dimensions, and study the strong orthogonality relation on isotropic vectors, with its own bound on the distance. The results are used to classify maximal p-central subspaces in central simple algebras of degree p = 3. We prove various linkage properties of maximal p-central spaces and p-central elements. Analogous results are obtained for symmetric p-central elements with respect to an involution of the second kind inverting a third root of unity.     

A symmetry result for an overdetermined elliptic problem using continuous rearrangement and domain derivative

We develop a new method to prove symmetry results for overdetermined boundary value problems. This method is based on the use of continuous Steiner symmetrization together with derivative with respect to the domain. It allows to consider nonlinear equations in divergence form with dependence inr=|x| in the nonlinearity. By using the notion of “local symmetry” introduced by the first author, we prove that the domain is necessarily a ball. We also give an example where the solution of the overdetermined problem is not radially symmetric.     

Stability of the vortex defect in the Landau–de Gennes theory for nematic liquid crystals

We analyze the radially symmetric solution corresponding to the vortex defect (the so-called melting hedgehog) in the Landau–de Gennes theory for nematic liquid crystals. We prove the existence, uniqueness and stability results of the melting hedgehog.