Singular solutions of Hessian fully nonlinear elliptic equations

We study Hessian fully nonlinear uniformly elliptic equations and show that the second derivatives of viscosity solutions of those equations (in 12 or more dimensions) can blow up in an interior point of the domain. We prove that the optimal interior regularity of such solutions is no more than C1+?, showing the optimality of the known interior regularity result. The same is proven for Isaacs equations. We prove the existence of non-smooth solutions to fully nonlinear Hessian uniformly elliptic equations in 11 dimensions. We study also the possible singularity of solutions of Hessian equations defined in a neighborhood of a point and prove that a homogeneous order 0<α<1 solution of a Hessian uniformly elliptic equation in a punctured ball should be radial.     

Regularity theory for Ln-viscosity solutions to fully nonlinear elliptic equations with asymptotical approximate convexity

We develop interior $W^{2,p,\mu }$ and $W^{2,\text{BMO}}$ regularity theories for $L^n$-viscosity solutions to fully nonlinear elliptic equations $T(D^{2}u,x)=f(x)$, where T is approximately convex at infinity. Particularly, $W^{2,\text{BMO}}$ regularity theory holds if operator T is locally semiconvex near infinity and all eigenvalues of $D^{2}T(M)$ are at least $?C{6M6}^{?(1+{\sigma }_0)}$ as $M\to \infty$. $W^{2,\text{BMO}}$ regularity for some Isaacs equations is given. We also show that the set of fully nonlinear operators of $W^{2,\text{BMO}}$ regularity theory is dense in the space of fully nonlinear uniformly elliptic operators.     

On Liouville type theorems for fully nonlinear elliptic equations with gradient term

In this paper, we prove a Hadamard property and Liouville type theorems for viscosity solutions of fully nonlinear elliptic partial differential equations with a gradient term, both in the whole space and in an exterior domain.     

On the regularity of solutions to fully nonlinear elliptic equations via the Liouville property

We show that any solution to the uniformly elliptic equation must belong to , if the equation has the Liouville property.

     

Gradient estimates for viscosity solutions of singular fully nonlinear elliptic equations

We establish Lipschitz regularity for solutions to a family of non-isotropic fully nonlinear partial differential equations of elliptic type. In general such a regularity is optimal. No sign constraint is imposed on the solution, thus limiting free boundaries may have two-phases. Our estimates are then employed in combination with fine regularizing techniques to prove existence of viscosity solutions to singular nonlinear PDEs.     

Existence and regularity results for fully nonlinear equations with singularities

We consider the Dirichlet boundary value problem for a singular elliptic PDE like F[u] = p(x)u ^??? , where p, ?? ?? 0, in a bounded smooth domain of ${\mathbb{R}^n}$ . The nondivergence form operator F is assumed to be of Hamilton?CJacobi?CBellman or Isaacs type. We establish existence and regularity results for such equations.     

Partial regularity of solutions of fully nonlinear,uniformly elliptic equations

We prove that a viscosity solution of a uniformly elliptic, fully nonlinear equation is C^2,α on the complement of a closed set of Hausdorff dimension at most ? less than the dimension. The equation is assumed to be C¹, and the constant ? > 0 depends only on the dimension and the ellipticity constants. The argument combines the W^2,? estimates of Lin with a result of Savin on the C^2,α regularity of viscosity solutions that are close to quadratic polynomials. © 2012 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.     

Loss of boundary conditions for fully nonlinear parabolic equations with superquadratic gradient terms

We study whether the solutions of a fully nonlinear, uniformly parabolic equation with superquadratic growth in the gradient satisfy initial and homogeneous boundary conditions in the classical sense, a problem we refer to as the classical Dirichlet problem. Our main results are: the nonexistence of global-in-time solutions of this problem, depending on a specific largeness condition on the initial data, and the existence of local-in-time solutions for initial data $C^1$ up to the boundary. Global existence is know when boundary conditions are understood in the viscosity sense, what is known as the generalized Dirichlet problem. Therefore, our result implies loss of boundary conditions in finite time. Specifically, a solution satisfying homogeneous boundary conditions in the viscosity sense eventually becomes strictly positive at some point of the boundary.     

Exact boundary behavior of large solutions to semilinear elliptic equations with a nonlinear gradient term

This paper is concerned with exact boundary behavior of large solutions to semilinear elliptic equations △u=b(x)f(u)(C0+|▽u|q),x∈Ω,where Ω is a bounded domain with a smooth boundary in RN,C0≥0,q E [0,2),b∈Clocα(Ω) is positive in but may be vanishing or appropriately singular on the boundary,f∈C[0,∞),f(0)=0,and f is strictly increasing on [0,∞)(or f∈C(R),f(s)> 0,■s∈R,f is strictly increasing on R).We show unified boundary behavior of such solutions to the problem under a new structure condition on f.     

On a class of nonlinear elliptic equations with fast increasing weight and critical growth

We are concerned with the existence of rapidly decaying solutions for the equation

     

Tornado solutions for semilinear elliptic equations in : Applications

We show partial regularity of bounded positive solutions of some semilinear elliptic equations in domains of . As a consequence, there exists a large variety of nonnegative singular solutions to these equations. These equations have previously been studied from the point of view of free boundary problems, where solutions additionally are stable for a variational problem, which we do not assume.

     

Existence, non-existence and asymptotic behavior of blow-up entire solutions of semilinear elliptic equations

We are mainly concerned with existence, non-existence and the behavior at infinity of non-negative blow-up entire solutions of the equation Δu=ρ(x)f(u) in RN. No monotonicity condition is assumed upon f and, in fact, we obtain solutions with a prescribed behavior both at infinity and at the origin. The method used to get existence is based upon lower and upper solutions techniques while for non-existence we explore radial symmetry, estimates on an associated integral equation and the Keller-Osserman condition.     

A singular nonlinear elliptic equation with natural growth in the gradient

This paper is devoted to the existence and regularity of the homogenous Dirichlet boundary value problem for a singular nonlinear elliptic equation with natural growth in the gradient. By certain transformations, the problem can be transformed formally into either a Dirichlet problem or boundary blowup problems without gradient term, for which the corresponding existence results are also derived, which is a partial extension and supplement to the previous works. Copyright © 2008 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Sharp estimates for finite element approximations to elliptic problems with Neumann boundary data of low regularity

Consider a second order homogeneous elliptic problem with smooth coefficients, , on a smooth domain, , but with Neumann boundary data of low regularity. Interior maximum norm error estimates are given for finite element approximations to this problem. When the Neumann data is not in , these local estimates are not of optimal order but are nevertheless shown to be sharp. A method for ameliorating this sub-optimality by preliminary smoothing of the boundary data is given. Numerical examples illustrate the findings.

     

Boundary blow-up in nonlinear elliptic equations of Bieberbach-Rademacher type

We establish the uniqueness of the positive solution for equations of the form in , . The special feature is to consider nonlinearities whose variation at infinity is not regular (e.g., , , , , , , or ) and functions in vanishing on . The main innovation consists of using Karamata's theory not only in the statement/proof of the main result but also to link the nonregular variation of at infinity with the blow-up rate of the solution near .