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.     

Some remarks on singular solutions of nonlinear elliptic equations. I

We study strong maximum principles for singular solutions of nonlinear elliptic and degenerate elliptic equations of second order. An application is given on symmetry of positive solutions in a punctured ball using the method of moving planes. Dedicated to Felix Browder on his 80th birthday     

On fully nonlinear CR invariant equations on the Heisenberg group

In this paper we provide a characterization of second order fully nonlinear CR invariant equations on the Heisenberg group, which is the analogue in the CR setting of the result proved in the Euclidean setting by A. Li and the first author in Li and Li (2003) [21]. We also prove a comparison principle for solutions of second order fully nonlinear CR invariant equations defined on bounded domains of the Heisenberg group and a comparison principle for solutions of a family of second order fully nonlinear equations on a punctured ball.     

Degree Theory for Second Order Nonlinear Elliptic Operators and its Applications

We introduce, along the lines of [4], an integer valued degree for second order fully nonlinear elliptic operators which is invariant under homotopy within elliptic operators. We also give some applications to the bifurcation problem for nonlinear elliptic equations. Applications to the existence of solutions of certain fully nonlinear elliptic equations on compact manifolds can be found in [7].     

二阶椭圆偏微分方程的Pinching-估计

Pinching-估计是研究解的凸性的一种重要方法,主要给出了半线性二阶椭圆偏微分方程的Pinching-估计,并将其推广到一类完全非线性二阶椭圆偏微分方程.     

Local gradient estimates of solutions to some conformally invariant fully nonlinear equations

We establish local gradient estimates to solutions of general conformally invariant fully nonlinear second order elliptic equations. To cite this article: Y.Y. Li, C. R. Acad. Sci. Paris, Ser. I 343 (2006).     

A Maximum Principle for Elliptic and Parabolic Equations with Oblique Derivative Boundary Problems

This paper prove a maximum principle for viscooity solutions of fully nonlinear, second order, uniformly elliptic and parabolic equations with oblique boundary value conditions.     

Positive Solutions of Fully Nonlinear Elliptic Equations on General Bounded Domains

We prove the refined ABP maximum principle, comparison principle, and related existence and uniqueness theorem for the positive solutions of the Dirichlet problems of second order fully nonlinear elliptic equations on arbitrary bounded domains.     

Integrability of Solutions of Nonlinear Elliptic Equations with Right-Hand Sides from Classes Close to L 1

We establish a number of results on the integrability of the entropy and the weak solutions of the Dirichlet problem for nonlinear elliptic equations of second order depending on the integrability properties of the right-hand sides of these equations.     

A microscopic convexity principle for spacetime convex solutions of fully nonlinear parabolic equations

We study microscopic spacetime convexity properties of fully nonlinear parabolic partial differential equations. Under certain general structure condition, we establish a constant rank theorem for the spacetime convex solutions of fully nonlinear parabolic equations. At last, we consider the parabolic convexity of solutions to parabolic equations and the convexity of the spacetime second fundamental form of geometric flows.     

Solvability and properties of solutions of nonlinear elliptic equations

The paper contains an exposition of variational and topological methods of investigating general nonlinear operator equations in Banach spaces. Application is given of these methods to the proof of solvability of boundary-value problems for nonlinear elliptic equations of arbitrary order, to the problem of eigenfunctions, and to bifurcation of solutions of differential equations. Results are presented of investigations of the properties of generalized solutions of quasilinear elliptic equations of higher order.Translated from Itogi Nauki i Tekhniki, Sovremennye Problemy Matematiki, Vol. 9, pp. 131–254, 1976.     

A fully nonlinear version of the Yamabe problem and a Harnack type inequality

We present some results on a fully nonlinear version of the Yamabe problem and a Harnack type inequality for general conformally invariant fully nonlinear second order elliptic equations. To cite this article: A. Li, Y.Y. Li, C. R. Acad. Sci. Paris, Ser. I 336 (2003).     

Overdetermined elliptic problems in topological disks

We introduce a method, based on the Poincaré–Hopf index theorem, to classify solutions to overdetermined problems for fully nonlinear elliptic equations in domains diffeomorphic to a closed disk. Applications to some well-known nonlinear elliptic PDEs are provided. Our result can be seen as the analogue of Hopf's uniqueness theorem for constant mean curvature spheres, but for the general analytic context of overdetermined elliptic problems.     

R2 中带不定权与临界位势的非线性椭圆问题

该文讨论了R²中一类带不定权且含临界位势的二阶椭圆方程的特征值问题,然后,借此特征值问题的第一特征值性质,利用临界点理论及Trudinger-Moser不等式,证明了R² 中一类带不定权且含临界位势的二阶非线性椭圆方程非平凡解的存在性.     

Strong Solution of the Obstacle Problem for Fully Nonlinear Elliptic Equations

In this paper we obtain the existence of W^{2, ∞} solutions of the obstacle problems for fully nonlinear elliptic equations under more general structure conditions than those in [1] by using the mollifier approach, which is also extended in our discussion.     

(2+1)维五次非线性薛定谔方程的无穷序列新解

利用第二种椭圆方程的解和B¨acklund变换,获得了(2+1)维五次非线性薛定谔方程的新解.这些解是由Jacobi椭圆函数、三角函数、Riemann theta函数和指数函数组成的无穷序列新解.     

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.     

Variable-coefficient Jacobi elliptic function expansion method for (2+1)-dimensional Nizhnik-Novikov-Vesselov equations

In this paper, a variable-coefficient Jacobi elliptic function expansion method is proposed to seek more general exact solutions of nonlinear partial differential equations. Being concise and straightforward, this method is applied to the (2+1)-dimensional Nizhnik-Novikov-Vesselov equations. As a result, many new and more general exact non-travelling wave and coefficient function solutions are obtained including Jacobi elliptic function solutions, soliton-like solutions and trigonometric function solutions. To give more physical insights to the obtained solutions, we present graphically their representative structures by setting the arbitrary functions in the solutions as specific functions.     

A priori Estimates and Existence for a Class of Fully Nonlinear Elliptic Equations in Conformal Geometry

In this paper we prove the interior gradient and second derivative estimates for a class of fully nonlinear elliptic equations determined by symmetric functions of eigenvalues of the Ricci or Schouten tensors. As an application we prove the existence of solutions to the equations when the manifold is locally conformally flat or the Ricci curvature is positive.     

Potential bounds in problems on quasilinear elliptic equations

We study quasilinear elliptic equations with strong nonlinear terms and systems of such equations. The methods developed by the authors in [1], [2] are used to prove the existence of solutions for boundary—value problems using some information on behavior of potential bounds for nonlinearities; the L–characteristics of elliptic operators and their fractional powers play an important role. New conditions are suggested for the existence of classical solutions of quasilinear second order elliptic equations.