Fundamental solutions of homogeneous fully nonlinear elliptic equations

We prove the existence of two fundamental solutions Φ and of the PDE \input amssym $F(D^2\Phi) = 0 \quad {\rm in} \ {\Bbb{R}}^n \setminus \{ 0 \}$ for any positively homogeneous, uniformly elliptic operator F. Corresponding to F are two unique scaling exponents α*, > −1 that describe the homogeneity of Φ and . We give a sharp characterization of the isolated singularities and the behavior at infinity of a solution of the equation F(D²u) = 0, which is bounded on one side. A Liouville‐type result demonstrates that the two fundamental solutions are the unique nontrivial solutions of F(D²u) = 0 in \input amssym ${\Bbb{R}}^n \setminus \{ 0 \}$ that are bounded on one side in both a neighborhood of the origin as well as at infinity. Finally, we show that the sign of each scaling exponent is related to the recurrence or transience of a stochastic process for a two‐player differential game. © 2010 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.     

On differentiability of solutions to homogeneous elliptic equations of divergence type

Translated fromSibirskiî Matematicheskiî Zhurnal, Vol. 35, No. 6, pp. 1279–1286, November–December, 1994.     

Degenerate elliptic operators in one dimension

Let H be the symmetric second-order differential operator on L ₂(R) with domain ${C_c^\infty({\bf R})}Let H be the symmetric second-order differential operator on L ₂(R) with domain C_c^￥(R){C_c^\infty({\bf R})} and action Hj = -(c j^￠)^￠{H\varphi=-(c\,\varphi^{\prime})^{\prime}} where c ? W^1,2_loc(R){ c\in W^{1,2}_{\rm loc}({\bf R})} is a real function that is strictly positive on R\{0}{{\bf R}\backslash\{0\}} but with c(0) = 0. We give a complete characterization of the self-adjoint extensions and the submarkovian extensions of H. In particular if n = n₊ún_-{\nu=\nu_+\vee\nu_-} where n_±(x)=±ò^±1_±x c^-1{\nu_\pm(x)=\pm\int^{\pm 1}_{\pm x} c^{-1}} then H has a unique self-adjoint extension if and only if n ? L₂(0,1){\nu\not\in L_2(0,1)} and a unique submarkovian extension if and only if n ? L_￥(0,1){\nu\not\in L_\infty(0,1)}. In both cases, the corresponding semigroup leaves L ₂(0,∞) and L ₂(−∞,0) invariant. In addition, we prove that for a general non-negative c ? W^1,￥_loc(R){ c\in W^{1,\infty}_{\rm loc}({\bf R})} the corresponding operator H has a unique submarkovian extension.     

On one second order elliptic system of three partial differential equations

Institute of Mathematics and Informatics, Akademijos 4, 2600 Vilnius, Lithuania. Translated from Lietuvos Matematikos Rinkinys, Vol. 35, No. 2, pp. 190–197, April–June, 1995.     

Non‐homogeneous Navier–Stokes systems with order‐parameter‐dependent stresses

We consider the Navier–Stokes system with variable density and variable viscosity coupled to a transport equation for an order‐parameter c. Moreover, an extra stress depending on c and ?c, which describes surface tension like effects, is included in the Navier–Stokes system. Such a system arises, e.g. for certain models of granular flows and as a diffuse interface model for a two‐phase flow of viscous incompressible fluids. The so‐called density‐dependent Navier–Stokes system is also a special case of our system. We prove short‐time existence of strong solution in L^q‐Sobolev spaces with q>d. We consider the case of a bounded domain and an asymptotically flat layer with a combination of a Dirichlet boundary condition and a free surface boundary condition. The result is based on a maximal regularity result for the linearized system. Copyright © 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Infinitely many solutions to perturbed elliptic equations

A new version of perturbation theory is developed which produces infinitely many sign-changing critical points for uneven functionals. The abstract result is applied to the following elliptic equations with a Hardy potential and a perturbation from symmetry:

     

Boundary layer solutions to functional elliptic equations

The goal of this paper is to study a class of nonlinear functional elliptic equations using very simple comparison principles. We first construct a nontrivial solution and then study its asymptotic behaviour when the diffusion coefficient goes to 0.     

Homogeneous solutions to fully nonlinear elliptic equations

We classify homogeneous degree solutions to fully nonlinear elliptic equations.

     

Two-gap elliptic solutions to integrable nonlinear equations

We study spectral surfaces associated with elliptic two-gap solutions to the nonlinear Schrödinger equation (NLS), the Korteweg-de Vries equation (KdV), and the sine-Gordon equation (SG). It is shown that elliptic solutions to the NLS and SG equations, as well as solutions to the KdV equation elliptic with respect tot, can be assigned to any hyperelliptic surface of genus 2 that forms a covering over an elliptic surface.     

Target pattern and spiral solutions to reaction-diffusion equations with more than one space dimension

We prove the existence of homogeneous target pattern and spiral solutions to equations of the form

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; the spatial dimension is greater than one. As in the one-dimensional case, such solutions exist for discrete values of the asymptotic wave number (or equivalently, the frequency of oscillation of the entire solution). For target patterns, we construct solutions for a sequence of frequencies. For spirals, we construct only the “lowest mode” solution.     

Multiple sign‐changing solutions for a class of quasilinear elliptic equations

In this paper, we study the following quasilinear Schrödinger equations: where Ω is a bounded smooth domain of , . Under some suitable conditions, we prove that this equation has three solutions of mountain pass type: one positive, one negative, and sign‐changing. Furthermore, if g is odd with respect to its second variable, this problem has infinitely many sign‐changing solutions. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Fundamental solutions of homogeneous elliptic differential operators

We compute fundamental solutions of homogeneous elliptic differential operators, with constant coefficients, on Rn by mean of analytic continuation of distributions. The result obtained is valid in any dimension, for any degree and can be extended to pseudodifferential operators of the same type.     

Existence of three nontrivial solutions for a class of superlinear elliptic equations

The existence of three nontrivial solutions for a class of superlinear elliptic equations is obtained by using variational theorems of mixed type due to Marino and Saccon and Linking Theorem.     

Multi-valued solutions to fully nonlinear uniformly elliptic equations

In this paper, we discuss the existence and regularity of multi-valued viscosity solutions to fully nonlinear uniformly elliptic equations. We use the Perron method to prove the existence of bounded multi-valued viscosity solutions.     

Singular viscosity solutions to fully nonlinear elliptic equations

We prove the existence of a viscosity solution of a fully nonlinear elliptic equation in 24 dimensions with blowing up second derivative.     

On the solutions of nonlinear stochastic fractional partial differential equations in one spatial dimension

Existence, uniqueness and regularity of the trajectories of mild solutions of one-dimensional nonlinear stochastic fractional partial differential equations of order $\alpha >1$ containing derivatives of entire order and perturbed by space–time white noise are studied. The fractional derivative operator is defined by means of a generalized Riesz–Feller potential.