Solutions of second-order and fourth-order ODEs on the half-line

We start by studying the existence of positive solutions for the differential equation

u^″=a(x)u−g(u),     

Existence of positive solution for some class of nonlinear fractional differential equations

In this paper, we investigate the multiple and infinitely solvability of positive solutions for nonlinear fractional differential equation Du(t)=t^νf(u), 0<t<1, where D=t^−βδD_β^γ−δ,δ, β>0, γ?0, 0<δ<1, ν>−β(γ+1). Our main work is to deal with limit case of f(s)/s as s→0 or s→∞ and Φ(s)/s, Ψ(s)/s as s→0 or s→∞, where Φ(s), Ψ(s) are functions connected with function f. In J. Math. Appl. 252 (2000) 804-812, we consider the existence of a positive solution for the particular case of Eq. (1.1), i.e., the Riemann-Liouville type (β=1, γ=0) nonlinear fractional differential equation, using the super-lower solutions method. Here, we devote to the existence of positive solution and multi-positive solutions for Eq. (1.1) by means of the fixed point theorems for the cone.     

Least energy solutions of nonlinear Schrödinger equations involving the fractional Laplacian and potential wells

We are concerned with the existence of least energy solutions of nonlinear Schrödinger equations involving the fractional Laplacian

$$\begin{array}{*{20}c} {( - \Delta )^s u(x) + \lambda V(x)u(x) = u(x)^{p - 1} ,} & {u(x) \geqslant 0,} & {x \in \mathbb{R}^N ,} \\ \end{array} $$

for sufficiently large λ, 2 < p < \(\frac{{2N}}{{N - 2s}}\) for N ≥ 2. V (x) is a real continuous function on R^N. Using variational methods we prove the existence of least energy solution u _λ(x) which localizes near the potential well int V ^?1(0) for λ large. Moreover, if the zero sets int V ?1(0) of V (x) include more than one isolated component, then u _λ(x) will be trapped around all the isolated components. However, in Laplacian case s = 1, when the parameter λ is large, the corresponding least energy solution will be trapped around only one isolated component and become arbitrarily small in other components of int V ^?1(0). This is the essential difference with the Laplacian problems since the operator (?Δ)^s is nonlocal.

     

Solvability of boundary-value problems for nonlinear fractional differential equations

We consider the existence of nontrivial solutions of the boundary-value problems for nonlinear fractional differential equations

Existence and uniqueness of positive solutions to nonlinear fractional differential equation with integral boundary conditions

In this paper, we consider the following nonlinear fractional three-point boundary-value problem:

Porous Medium Flow with Both a Fractional Potential Pressure and Fractional Time Derivative

The authors study a porous medium equation with a right-hand side. The operator has nonlocal diffusion effects given by an inverse fractional Laplacian operator.The derivative in time is also fractional and is of Caputo-type, which takes into account"memory". The precise model isD_t~αu- div(u(-Δ)~(-σ)u) = f, 0 σ 1/2.This paper poses the problem over {t ∈ R~+, x ∈ R~n} with nonnegative initial data u(0, x) ≥0 as well as the right-hand side f ≥ 0. The existence for weak solutions when f, u(0, x)have exponential decay at infinity is proved. The main result is H¨older continuity for such weak solutions.     

Existence of positive solutions for a general nonlinear eigenvalue problem

Let Ω R n be a bounded domain, H = L 2 (Ω), L : D(L) H → H be an unbounded linear operator, f ∈ C(■× R, R) and λ∈ R. The paper is concerned with the existence of positive solutions for the following nonlinear eigenvalue problem Lu = λf (x, u), u ∈ D(L), which is the general form of nonlinear eigenvalue problems for differential equations. We obtain the global structure of positive solutions, then we apply the results to some nonlinear eigenvalue problems for a second-order ordinary differential equation and a fourth-order beam equation, respectively. The discussion is based on the fixed point index theory in cones.     

Gradient estimates for the elliptic and parabolic Lichnerowicz equations on compact manifolds

Let (M, g) be a smooth compact Riemannian manifold of dimension n ≥ 3. Denote D_g=-div_g?{\Delta_g=-{\rm div}_g\nabla} the Laplace–Beltrami operator. We establish some local gradient estimates for the positive solutions of the Lichnerowicz equation

Fractional BVPs with strong time singularities and the limit properties of their solutions

In the first part, we investigate the singular BVP \(\tfrac{d} {{dt}}^c D^\alpha u + (a/t)^c D^\alpha u = \mathcal{H}u\) , u(0) = A, u(1) = B, ^c D ^α u(t)| _t=0 = 0, where \(\mathcal{H}\) is a continuous operator, α ∈ (0, 1) and a < 0. Here, ^c D denotes the Caputo fractional derivative. The existence result is proved by the Leray-Schauder nonlinear alternative. The second part establishes the relations between solutions of the sequence of problems \(\tfrac{d} {{dt}}^c D^{\alpha _n } u + (a/t)^c D^{\alpha _n } u = f(t,u,^c D^{\beta _n } u)\) , u(0) = A, u(1) = B, \(\left. {^c D^{\alpha _n } u(t)} \right|_{t = 0} = 0\) where a < 0, 0 < β _n ≤ α _n < 1, lim _n→∞ β _n = 1, and solutions of u″+(a/t)u′ = f(t, u, u′) satisfying the boundary conditions u(0) = A, u(1) = B, u′(0) = 0.     

Boundary singularities of solutions of semilinear elliptic equations in the half-space with a Hardy potential

We study a nonlinear equation in the half-space {x ₁ > 0} with a Hardy potential, specifically

$$ - \Delta u - \frac{\mu }{{x_1^2}}u + {u^p} = 0in\mathbb{R}_ + ^n,$$

where p > 1 and ?∞ < μ < 1/4. The admissible boundary behavior of the positive solutions is either O(x ₁ ^?2/(p?1)) as x ₁ → 0, or is determined by the solutions of the linear problem \( - \Delta h - \frac{\mu }{{x_1^2}}h = 0\). In the first part we study in full detail the separable solutions of the linear equations for the whole range of μ. In the second part, by means of sub and supersolutions we construct separable solutions of the nonlinear problem which behave like O(x ₁ ^?2/(p?1)) near the origin and which, away from the origin, have exactly the same asymptotic behavior as the separable solutions of the linear problem. In the last part we construct solutions that behave like O(x ₁ ^?2/(p?1)) at some prescribed parts of the boundary, while at the rest of the boundary the solutions decay or blowup at a slower rate determined by the linear part of the equation.

     

Grow-up of critical solutions for a non-local porous medium problem with Ohmic heating source

We investigate the behaviour of solution u = u(x, t; λ) at λ =  λ* for the non-local porous medium equation ${u_t = (u^n)_{xx} + {\lambda}f(u)/({\int_{-1}^1} f(u){\rm d}x)^2}We investigate the behaviour of solution u = u(x, t; λ) at λ =  λ* for the non-local porous medium equation u_t = (uⁿ)_xx + lf(u)/(ò_-1¹ f(u)dx)²{u_t = (u^n)_{xx} + {\lambda}f(u)/({\int_{-1}^1} f(u){\rm d}x)^2} with Dirichlet boundary conditions and positive initial data. The function f satisfies: f(s),−f ′ (s) > 0 for s ≥ 0 and s ^n-1 f(s) is integrable at infinity. Due to the conditions on f, there exists a critical value of parameter λ, say λ*, such that for λ > λ* the solution u = u(x, t; λ) blows up globally in finite time, while for λ ≥ λ* the corresponding steady-state problem does not have any solution. For 0 < λ < λ* there exists a unique steady-state solution w = w(x; λ) while u = u(x, t; λ) is global in time and converges to w as t → ∞. Here we show the global grow-up of critical solution u* =  u(x, t; λ*) (u* (x, t) → ∞, as t → ∞ for all x ? (-1,1){x\in(-1,1)}.     

Existence result for a third-order ODE with nonlinear boundary conditions in presence of a sign-type Nagumo control

In this work we provide an existence and location result for the third-order nonlinear differential equation

u^?(t)=f(t,u(t),u^′(t),u^″(t)),     

Existence and Concentration of Bound States of a Class of Nonlinear SchrSdinger Equations in R2 with Potential Tending to Zero at Infinity

In this paper, we establish the existence and concentration of solutions of a class of nonlinear Schr?dinger equation $$- \varepsilon ^2 \Delta u_\varepsilon + V\left( x \right)u_\varepsilon = K\left( x \right)\left| {u_\varepsilon } \right|^{p - 2} u_\varepsilon e^{\alpha _0 \left| {u_\varepsilon } \right|^\gamma } , u_\varepsilon > 0, u_\varepsilon \in H^1 \left( {\mathbb{R}^2 } \right),$$ where 2 < p < ∞, α ₀ > 0, 0 < γ < 2. When the potential function V (x) decays at infinity like (1 + |x|)^?α with 0 < α ≤ 2 and K(x) > 0 are permitted to be unbounded under some necessary restrictions, we will show that a positive H ¹(?²)-solution u _? exists if it is assumed that the corresponding ground energy function G(ξ) of nonlinear Schr?dinger equation $- \Delta u + V\left( \xi \right)u = K\left( \xi \right)\left| u \right|^{p - 2} ue^{\alpha _0 \left| u \right|^\gamma }$ has local minimum points. Furthermore, the concentration property of u _? is also established as ? tends to zero.     

Existence of fractional differential equations

Consider the fractional differential equation

Dαx=f(t,x),     

Heat flow method for Lichnerowicz type equations on closed manifolds

In this paper, we establish existence results for positive solutions to the Lichnerowicz equations of the following type in closed manifolds

On the Fu?ik spectrum of the wave operator and an asymptotically linear problem

We study generalized solutions of the nonlinear wave equation

utt−uss=au⁺−bu⁻+p(s,t,u),     

Positive solutions for Dirichlet problems of singular nonlinear fractional differential equations

In this paper, we investigate the existence of positive solutions for the singular fractional boundary value problem: Dαu(t)+f(t,u(t),Dμu(t))=0, u(0)=u(1)=0, where 1<α<2, 0<μ?α−1, Dα is the standard Riemann-Liouville fractional derivative, f is a positive Carathéodory function and f(t,x,y) is singular at x=0. By means of a fixed point theorem on a cone, the existence of positive solutions is obtained. The proofs are based on regularization and sequential techniques.     

Saddle solutions of nonlinear elliptic equations involving the p-Laplacian

We prove the existence of saddle solutions of nonlinear elliptic equation involving the p-Laplacian

Periodic solutions of the nonlinear telegraph equations with bounded nonlinearities

In this article, using the Leray-Schauder degree theory, we discuss existence, nonexistence and multiplicity for the periodic solutions of the nonlinear telegraph equation

utt−uxx+cut+Φ(u)=f(t,x)+s,     

On a nonlinear eigenvalue problem in ODE

In this paper we shall study the following variant of the logistic equation with diffusion:

−du^″(x)=g(x)u(x)−u²(x)