On the sub poly-harmonic property for solutions to (−Δ)pu < 0 in Rn

In this note, we mainly study the relation between the sign of ${(?\mathrm{\Delta })}^{p}u$ and ${(?\mathrm{\Delta })}^{p?i}u$ in ${\mathbb{R}}^n$ with $p?2$ and $n?2$ for $1?i?p?1$. Given the differential inequality ${(?\mathrm{\Delta })}^{p}u<0$, first we provide several sufficient conditions so that ${(?\mathrm{\Delta })}^{p?1}u<0$ holds. Then we provide conditions such that ${(?\mathrm{\Delta })}^{i}u<0$ for all $i=1,2,\dots ,p?1$, which is known as the sub poly-harmonic property for u. In the last part of the note, we revisit the super poly-harmonic property for solutions to ${(?\mathrm{\Delta })}^{p}u={\mathrm{e}}^{2pu}$ and ${(?\mathrm{\Delta })}^{p}u=u^q$ with $q>0$ in ${\mathbb{R}}^n$.     

Construction of solutions via local Pohozaev identities

This paper deals with the following nonlinear elliptic equation

$?\mathrm{\Delta }u+V(|y^{\prime }|,y^{″})u=u^{\frac{N+2}{N?2}},u>0,u\in H^1({\mathbb{R}}^N),$

where $(y^{\prime },y^{″})\in {\mathbb{R}}^2\times {\mathbb{R}}^{N?2}$, $V(|y^{\prime }|,y^{″})$ is a bounded non-negative function in ${\mathbb{R}}^{+}\times {\mathbb{R}}^{N?2}$. By combining a finite reduction argument and local Pohozaev type of identities, we prove that if $N\ge 5$ and $r^{2}V(r,y^{″})$ has a stable critical point $(r_0,y_0^{″})$ with $r_0>0$ and $V(r_0,y_0^{″})>0$, then the above problem has infinitely many solutions. This paper overcomes the difficulty appearing in using the standard reduction method to locate the concentrating points of the solutions.     

Corrigendum to “Scattering above energy norm of solutions of a loglog energy-supercritical Schrödinger equation with radial data”

The purpose of this corrigendum is to point out some errors that appear in [1]. Our main result remains valid, i.e scattering of ${\stackrel{?}{H}}^k:={\dot{H}}^k({\mathbb{R}}^n)\cap {\dot{H}}^1({\mathbb{R}}^n)$ solutions of the loglog energy-supercritical Schrödinger equation $i{?}_{t}u+△u=|u{|}^{\frac{4}{n?2}}u{\log }^c?(\log ?(10+|u{|}^2)$, $0<c<c_n$, $n\in \{3,4\}$, with $k>\frac{n}{2}$, radial data $u(0):=u_0\in {\stackrel{?}{H}}^k$ but with slightly different values of $c_n$, i.e $c_n=\frac{1}{5772}$ if $n=3$ and $c_n=\frac{3}{8024}$ if $n=4$. We propose some corrections.     

Weak version of restriction estimates for spheres and paraboloids in finite fields

We study $L^p-L^r$ restriction estimates for algebraic varieties in d-dimensional vector spaces over finite fields. Unlike the Euclidean case, if the dimension d is even, then it is conjectured that the $L^{(2d+2)/(d+3)}-L^2$ Stein–Tomas restriction result can be improved to the $L^{(2d+4)/(d+4)}-L^2$ estimate for both spheres and paraboloids in finite fields. In this paper we show that the conjectured $L^p-L^2$ restriction estimate holds in the specific case when test functions under consideration are restricted to d-coordinate functions or homogeneous functions of degree zero. To deduce our result, we use the connection between the restriction phenomena for our varieties in d dimensions and those for homogeneous varieties in $(d+1)$ dimensions.     

The Klein–Gordon equation in the Anti-de Sitter cosmology

This paper deals with the Klein–Gordon equation on the Poincaré chart of the 5-dimensional Anti-de Sitter universe. When the mass μ is larger than $-\frac{1}{4}$, the Cauchy problem is well-posed despite the loss of global hyperbolicity due to the time-like horizon. We express the finite energy solutions in the form of a continuous Kaluza–Klein tower and we deduce a uniform decay as ${|t|}^{-\frac{3}{2}}$. We investigate the case $\mu =\frac{{\nu }^2-1}{2}$, $\nu \in {\mathbb{N}}^{⁎}$, which encompasses the gravitational fluctuations, $\nu =4$, and the electromagnetic waves, $\nu =2$. The propagation of the wave front set shows that the horizon acts like a perfect mirror. We establish that the smooth solutions decay as ${|t|}^{-2-\sqrt{\mu +\frac{1}{4}}}$, and we get global $L^p$ estimates of Strichartz type. When ν is even, there appears a lacuna and the equipartition of the energy occurs at finite time for the compactly supported initial data, although the Huygens principle fails. We address the cosmological model of the negative-tension Minkowski brane, on which a Robin boundary condition is imposed. We prove the hyperbolic mixed problem is well-posed and the normalizable solutions can be expanded into a discrete Kaluza–Klein tower. We establish some $L^2-L^{\infty }$ estimates in suitable weighted Sobolev spaces.     

Expression of Dirichlet boundary conditions in terms of the strain tensor in linearized elasticity

In a previous work, it was shown how the linearized strain tensor field $\mathbf{e}:=\frac{1}{2}(\mathbf{?}{\mathit{u}}^T+\mathbf{?}\mathit{u})\in {\mathbb{L}}^2(\Omega )$ can be considered as the sole unknown in the Neumann problem of linearized elasticity posed over a domain $\Omega ?{\mathbb{R}}^3$, instead of the displacement vector field $\mathit{u}\in {\mathit{H}}^1(\Omega )$ in the usual approach. The purpose of this Note is to show that the same approach applies as well to the Dirichlet–Neumann problem. To this end, we show how the boundary condition $\mathit{u}=\mathbf{0}$ on a portion ${\Gamma }_0$ of the boundary of Ω can be recast, again as boundary conditions on ${\Gamma }_0$, but this time expressed only in terms of the new unknown $\mathbf{e}\in {\mathbb{L}}^2(\Omega )$.     

Existence and concentration result for a class of fractional Kirchhoff equations with Hartree-type nonlinearities and steep potential well

In this paper, we study the following fractional Kirchhoff equations

$\{\begin{array}{c}(a+b{\int }_{{\mathbb{R}}^N}|{(?△)}^{\frac{\alpha }{2}}u{|}^2\mathrm{d}x){(?△)}^{\alpha }u+\lambda V(x)u=(|x{|}^{?\mu }?G(u))g(u),\hfill \\ u\in H^{\alpha }({\mathbb{R}}^N),N\ge 3,\hfill \end{array}$

where $a,b>0$ are constants, and ${(?△)}^{\alpha }$ is the fractional Laplacian operator with $\alpha \in (0,1),2<2_{\alpha ,\mu }^{?}=\frac{2N?\mu }{N?2\alpha }\le 2_{\alpha }^{?}=\frac{2N}{N?2\alpha }$, $0<\mu <2\alpha$, $\lambda >0$, is real parameter. $2_{\alpha }^{?}$ is the critical Sobolev exponent. g satisfies the Berestycki–Lions-type condition (see [2]). By using Poho?aev identity and concentration-compact theory, we show that the above problem has at least one nontrivial solution. Furthermore, the phenomenon of concentration of solutions is also explored. Our result supplements the results of Lü (see [8]) concerning the Hartree-type nonlinearity $g(u)=|u{|}^{p?1}u$ with $p\in (2,6?\alpha )$.     

Homogenization of a Dirichlet semilinear elliptic problem with a strong singularity at u = 0 in a domain with many small holes

In the present paper we perform the homogenization of the semilinear elliptic problem

$\{\begin{array}{cc}{u}^{\epsilon }\ge 0\hfill & \text{in}{\mathrm{\Omega }}^{\epsilon },\hfill \\ ?divA(x)D{u}^{\epsilon }=F(x,u^{\epsilon })\hfill & \text{in}{\mathrm{\Omega }}^{\epsilon },\hfill \\ u^{\epsilon }=0\hfill & \text{on}?{\mathrm{\Omega }}^{\epsilon }.\hfill \end{array}$

In this problem $F(x,s)$ is a Carathéodory function such that $0\le F(x,s)\le h(x)/\mathrm{\Gamma }(s)$ a.e. $x\in \mathrm{\Omega }$ for every $s>0$, with h in some $L^r(\mathrm{\Omega })$ and Γ a $C^1([0,+\infty [)$ function such that $\mathrm{\Gamma }(0)=0$ and ${\mathrm{\Gamma }}^{\prime }(s)>0$ for every $s>0$. On the other hand the open sets ${\mathrm{\Omega }}^{\epsilon }$ are obtained by removing many small holes from a fixed open set Ω in such a way that a “strange term” $\mu u^0$ appears in the limit equation in the case where the function $F(x,s)$ depends only on x.We already treated this problem in the case of a “mild singularity”, namely in the case where the function $F(x,s)$ satisfies $0\le F(x,s)\le h(x)(\frac{1}{s}+1)$. In this case the solution $u^{\epsilon }$ to the problem belongs to $H_0^1({\mathrm{\Omega }}^{\epsilon })$ and its definition is a “natural” and rather usual one.In the general case where $F(x,s)$ exhibits a “strong singularity” at $u=0$, which is the purpose of the present paper, the solution $u^{\epsilon }$ to the problem only belongs to $H_{\text{loc}}^1({\mathrm{\Omega }}^{\epsilon })$ but in general does not belong to $H_0^1({\mathrm{\Omega }}^{\epsilon })$ anymore, even if $u^{\epsilon }$ vanishes on $?{\mathrm{\Omega }}^{\epsilon }$ in some sense. Therefore we introduced a new notion of solution (in the spirit of the solutions defined by transposition) for problems with a strong singularity. This definition allowed us to obtain existence, stability and uniqueness results.In the present paper, using this definition, we perform the homogenization of the above semilinear problem and we prove that in the homogenized problem, the “strange term” $\mu u^0$ still appears in the left-hand side while the source term $F(x,u^0)$ is not modified in the right-hand side.     

On a p-Laplace equation with multiple critical nonlinearities

Using the Mountain-Pass Theorem of Ambrosetti and Rabinowitz we prove that $?{\mathrm{\Delta }}_{p}u?\mu {|x|}^{?p}{u}^{p?1}={|x|}^{?s}{u}^{p^{?}(s)?1}+u^{p^{?}?1}$ admits a positive weak solution in ${\mathbb{R}}^n$ of class $D_1^p({\mathbb{R}}^n)\cap C^1({\mathbb{R}}^n?\{0\})$, whenever $\mu <{\mu }_1$, and ${\mu }_1={[(n?p)/p]}^p$. The technique is based on the existence of extremals of some Hardy–Sobolev type embeddings of independent interest. We also show that if $u\in D_1^p({\mathbb{R}}^n)$ is a weak solution in ${\mathbb{R}}^n$ of $?{\mathrm{\Delta }}_{p}u?\mu {|x|}^{?p}{|u|}^{p?2}u={|x|}^{?s}{|u|}^{p^{?}(s)?2}u+{|u|}^{q?2}u$, then $u\equiv 0$ when either $1<q<p^{?}$, or $q>p^{?}$ and u is also of class $L_{\mathrm{loc}}^{\infty }({\mathbb{R}}^n?\{0\})$.     

Nodal standing waves for a gauged nonlinear Schrödinger equation in R2

This paper investigates the existence and asymptotic behavior of nodal solutions to the following gauged nonlinear Schrödinger equation

$\{\begin{array}{c}?\mathrm{\Delta }u+\omega u+(\frac{h^2(\left|x\right|)}{{\left|x\right|}^2}+\underset{\left|x\right|}{\overset{+\infty }{\int }}\frac{h(s)}{s}{u}^2(s)ds)u=\lambda {\left|u\right|}^{p?2}u,x\in {\mathbb{R}}^2,\hfill \\ u(x)=u(|x|)\in H^1({\mathbb{R}}^2),\hfill \end{array}$

where $\omega ,\lambda >0$, $p>6$ and

$h(s)=\frac{1}{2}\underset{0}{\overset{s}{\int }}r{u}^2(r)dr$

is the so-called Chern–Simons term. We prove that for any positive integer k, the problem has a sign-changing solution ${u^{\lambda }}_k$ which changes sign exactly k times. Moreover, the energy of $u_k^{\lambda }$ is strictly increasing in k, and for any sequence $\{{\lambda }_n\}\to +\infty (n\to \infty )$, there exists a subsequence $\{{\lambda }_{n_s}\}$, such that ${({\lambda }_{n_s})}^{\frac{1}{p?2}}{u}_k^{{\lambda }_{n_s}}$ converges in $H^1({\mathbb{R}}^2)$ to $w_k$ as $s\to \infty$, where $w_k$ also changes sign exactly k times and solves the following equation

$?\mathrm{\Delta }u+\omega u=|u{|}^{p?2}u,u\in H^1({\mathbb{R}}^2).$

     

Powerful numbers in (1ℓ + qℓ)(2ℓ + qℓ)⋯(nℓ + qℓ)

Let q be a positive integer. Recently, Niu and Liu proved that, if $n\ge \max ?\{q,1198?q\}$, then the product $(1^3+q^3)(2^3+q^3)?(n^3+q^3)$ is not a powerful number. In this note, we prove (1) that, for any odd prime power ? and $n\ge \max ?\{q,11?q\}$, the product $(1^{?}+q^{?})(2^{?}+q^{?})?(n^{?}+q^{?})$ is not a powerful number, and (2) that, for any positive odd integer ?, there exists an integer $N_{q,?}$ such that, for any positive integer $n\ge N_{q,?}$, the product $(1^{?}+q^{?})(2^{?}+q^{?})?(n^{?}+q^{?})$ is not a powerful number.