Homeomorphism with zero Jacobian: Sharp integrability of the derivative

Let N?2. We construct a homeomorphism f∈W1,1(N[0,1],RN) such that Jf=0 almost everywhere and sup0<ε?N−1εN[0,1]_∫|Df|^N−ε<∞. In particular, f∈W1,p(N[0,1],N[0,1]) for all p∈[1,N).     

Existence and uniqueness of positive solution for nonhomogeneous sublinear elliptic equations

In this paper, we study the existence and the uniqueness of positive solution for the sublinear elliptic equation, −Δu+u=p|u|sgn(u)+f in RN, N?3, 0<p<1, f∈L²(RN), f>0 a.e. in RN. We show by applying a minimizing method on the Nehari manifold that this problem has a unique positive solution in H¹(RN)∩Lp+1(RN). We study its continuity in the perturbation parameter f at 0.     

Ground state solutions for the singular Lane-Emden-Fowler equation with sublinear convection term

We are concerned with singular elliptic equations of the form −Δu=p(x)(g(u)+f(u)+a|∇u|) in RN (N?3), where p is a positive weight and 0<a<1. Under the hypothesis that f is a nondecreasing function with sublinear growth and g is decreasing and unbounded around the origin, we establish the existence of a ground state solution vanishing at infinity. Our arguments rely essentially on the maximum principle.     

Global attractors for p-Laplacian equation

The existence of a -global attractor is proved for the p-Laplacian equation ut−div(|∇u|^p−2∇u)+f(u)=g on a bounded domain Ω⊂Rn(n?3) with Dirichlet boundary condition, where p?2. The nonlinear term f is supposed to satisfy the polynomial growth condition of arbitrary order c₁q|u|−k?f(u)u?c₂q|u|+k and f^′(u)?−l, where q?2 is arbitrary. There is no other restriction on p and q. The asymptotic compactness of the corresponding semigroup is proved by using a new a priori estimate method, called asymptotic a priori estimate.     

A Liouville type theorem for polyharmonic elliptic systems

In this paper, we consider the polyharmonic system m(−Δ)U=Vq,m(−Δ)V=Up in RN, for m>1, N>2m, with p?1, q?1, but not both equal to 1, where m(−Δ) is the polyharmonic operator. Set α=2m(q+1)/(pq−1), β=2m(p+1)/(pq−1), for α,β∈[(N−2)/2,N−2m), we prove the nonexistence of positive solutions.     

Existence and multiplicity of solutions for quasilinear nonhomogeneous problems: An Orlicz-Sobolev space setting

We study the boundary value problem −div(log(1+q|∇u|)|∇u|^p−2∇u)=f(u) in Ω, u=0 on ∂Ω, where Ω is a bounded domain in RN with smooth boundary. We distinguish the cases where either f(u)=−λ|u|^p−2u+|u|^r−2u or f(u)=λ|u|^p−2u−|u|^r−2u, with p, q>1, p+q<min{N,r}, and r<(Np−N+p)/(N−p). In the first case we show the existence of infinitely many weak solutions for any λ>0. In the second case we prove the existence of a nontrivial weak solution if λ is sufficiently large. Our approach relies on adequate variational methods in Orlicz-Sobolev spaces.     

Maximally singular Sobolev functions

It is known that for any Sobolev function in the space Wm,p(RN), p?1, mp?N, where m is a nonnegative integer, the set of its singular points has Hausdorff dimension at most N−mp. We show that for p>1 this bound can be achieved. This is done by constructing a maximally singular Sobolev function in Wm,p(RN), that is, such that Hausdorff's dimension of its singular set is equal to N−mp. An analogous result holds also for Bessel potential spaces Lα,p(RN), provided αp<N, α>0, and p>1. The existence of maximally singular Sobolev functions has been announced in [Chaos Solitons Fractals 21 (2004), p. 1287].     

On positive entire solutions of indefinite semilinear elliptic equations

We establish that the elliptic equation Δu+K(x)up+μf(x)=0 in Rn has a continuum of positive entire solutions for small μ?0 under suitable conditions on K, p and f. In particular, K behaves like l|x| at ∞ for some l?−2, but may change sign in a compact region. For given l>−2, there is a critical exponent pc=pc(n,l)>1 in the sense that the result holds for p?pc and involves partial separation of entire solutions. The partial separation means that the set of entire solutions possesses a non-trivial subset in which any two solutions do not intersect. The observation is well known when K is non-negative. The point of the paper is to remove the sign condition on compact region. When l=−2, the result holds for any p>1 while pc is decreasing to 1 as l decreases to −2.     

Some estimates for Bochner-Riesz operators on the weighted Herz-type Hardy spaces

In this paper, by using the atomic decomposition and molecular characterization of the homogeneous and non-homogeneous weighted Herz-type Hardy spaces , we obtain some weighted boundedness properties of the Bochner-Riesz operator and the maximal Bochner-Riesz operator on these spaces for α=n(1/p−1/q), 0<p?1 and 1<q<∞.     

Weighted norm inequalities of Bochner-Riesz means

Let w be a Muckenhoupt weight and be the weighted Hardy spaces. We use the atomic decomposition of and their molecular characters to show that the Bochner-Riesz means are bounded on for 0<p?1 and δ>max{n/p−(n+1)/2,[n/p]rw⁻¹(rw−1)−(n+1)/2}, where rw is the critical index of w for the reverse Hölder condition. We also prove the boundedness of the maximal Bochner-Riesz means for 0<p?1 and δ>n/p−(n+1)/2.     

Functions of operators under perturbations of class Sp

This is a continuation of our paper [2]. We prove that for functions f in the Hölder class Λα(R) and 1<p<∞, the operator f(A)−f(B) belongs to Sp/α, whenever A and B are self-adjoint operators with A−B∈Sp. We also obtain sharp estimates for the Schatten-von Neumann norms ‖f(A)−f(B)Sp/α_‖ in terms of ‖A−BSp_‖ and establish similar results for other operator ideals. We also estimate Schatten-von Neumann norms of higher order differences . We prove that analogous results hold for functions on the unit circle and unitary operators and for analytic functions in the unit disk and contractions. Then we find necessary conditions on f for f(A)−f(B) to belong to Sq under the assumption that A−B∈Sp. We also obtain Schatten-von Neumann estimates for quasicommutators f(A)R−Rf(B), and introduce a spectral shift function and find a trace formula for operators of the form f(A−K)−2f(A)+f(A+K).     

The maximal Fejér operator on the spacesH p (R×···×R)

It is shown that the maximal operator of the Fejér means of a tempered distribution is bounded from thed-dimensional Hardy spaceH _p (R×···×R) toL _p (R ^d ) (1/2<p<∞) and is of weak type (H ₁ ^?i ,L ₁) (i=1,…,d), where the Hardy spaceH ₁ ^?i is defined by a hybrid maximal function. As a consequence, we obtain that the Fejér means of a functionf ∈H ₁ ^?i ?L(logL) ^d?1 converge a.e. to the function in question. Moreover, we prove that the Fejér means are uniformly bounded onH _p (R×···×R) whenever 1/2<p<∞. Thus, in casef ∈H _p (R×···×R) the Fejér means converge tof inH _p (R×···×R) norm. The same results are proved for the conjugate Fejér means, too.     

Positive solutions for some Schrödinger equations having partially periodic potentials

This paper is concerned with the problem of finding positive solutions of the equation −Δu+(a_∞+a(x))u=|u|^q−2u, where q is subcritical, Ω is either RN or an unbounded domain which is periodic in the first p coordinates and whose complement is contained in a cylinder , a_∞>0, a∈C(RN,R) is periodic in the first p coordinates, infx∈RN(a_∞+a(x))>0 and a(x^′,x^″)→0 as |x^″|→∞ uniformly in x^′. The cases a?0 and a?0 are considered and it is shown that, under appropriate assumptions on a, the problem has one solution in the first case and p+1 solutions in the second case when p?N−2.     

Blowup stability of solutions of the nonlinear heat equation with a large life span

We study the Cauchy problem for the nonlinear heat equation u_t-?u=|u|^p-1u in R^N. The initial data is of the form u₀=λ?, where ?∈C₀(R^N) is fixed and λ>0. We first take 1<p<p_f, where p_f is the Fujita critical exponent, and ?∈C₀(R^N)∩L¹(R^N) with nonzero mean. We show that u(t) blows up for λ small, extending the H. Fujita blowup result for sign-changing solutions. Next, we consider 1<p<p_s, where p_s is the Sobolev critical exponent, and ?(x) decaying as |x|^-σ at infinity, where p<1+2/σ. We also prove that u(t) blows up when λ is small, extending a result of T. Lee and W. Ni. For both cases, the solution enjoys some stable blowup properties. For example, there is single point blowup even if ? is not radial.     

Sharp bounds for the number of roots of univariate fewnomials

Let K be a field and t?0. Denote by Bm(t,K) the supremum of the number of roots in K^?, counted with multiplicities, that can have a non-zero polynomial in K[x] with at most t+1 monomial terms. We prove, using an unified approach based on Vandermonde determinants, that Bm(t,L)?t²Bm(t,K) for any local field L with a non-archimedean valuation v:L→R∪{∞} such that vZ≠0_|≡0 and residue field K, and that Bm(t,K)?(t²−t+1)(pf−1) for any finite extension K/Qp with residual class degree f and ramification index e, assuming that p>t+e. For any finite extension K/Qp, for p odd, we also show the lower bound Bm(t,K)?(2t−1)(pf−1), which gives the sharp estimation Bm(2,K)=3(pf−1) for trinomials when p>2+e.     

Multiple positive solutions of nonhomogeneous elliptic systems with strongly indefinite structure and critical Sobolev exponents

In this paper, we study the existence of multiple positive solutions to some Hamiltonian elliptic systems −Δv=λu+u^p+εf(x), −Δu=μv+v^q+δg(x) in Ω;u,v>0 in Ω; u=v=0 on ∂Ω, where Ω is a bounded domain in R^N (N?3); 0?f, g∈L∞(Ω); 1/(p+1)+1/(q+1)=(N−2)/N, p,q>1; λ,μ>0. Using sub- and supersolution method and based on an adaptation of the dual variational approach, we prove the existence of at least two nontrivial positive solutions for all λ,μ∈(0,λ₁) and ε,δ∈(0,δ₀), where λ₁ is the first eigenvalue of the Laplace operator −Δ with zero Dirichlet boundary conditions and δ₀ is a positive number.     

Pointwise consistency of the hermite series density estimate

The Hermite series estimate of a density f?L_p, p > 1, convergessin the mean square to f (x) for almost all x? |R, ifN (n) → ∞ and N (n) / n² → ) as n → ∞, where N is the number of the Hermite functions in the estimate while n is the number of observations. Moreover, the mean square and weak consistency are equivalent. For m times differentiable densities, the mean squares convergence rate is O(n^?(2m?1)/2m). Results for complete convergence are also given.     

Existence and uniqueness of nonnegative solutions for a boundary blow-up problem

Assume that Ω is a bounded domain in RN (N?3) with smooth boundary ∂Ω. In this work, we study existence and uniqueness of blow-up solutions for the problem −Δp(u)+c(x)|∇u|^p−1+F(x,u)=0 in Ω, where 2?p. Under some conditions related to the function F, we give a sufficient condition for existence and nonexistence of nonnegative blow-up solutions. We study also the uniqueness of these solutions.     

On the Cauchy problem for the evolution p-Laplacian equations with gradient term and source

In this paper, the authors study the equation ut=div(|Du|^p−2Du)+|u|^q−1u−λl|Du| in RN with p>2. We first prove that for 1?l?p−1, the solution exists at least for a short time; then for , the existence and nonexistence of global (in time) solutions are studied in various situations.     

Positive solutions of the p-Laplace equation with singular nonlinearity

For a given bounded domain Ω in Rn with C1,? boundary for some 0<?<1, and a possibly singular nonlinearity f on Ω×(0,∞), we give sufficient conditions on f so that the p-Laplace equation −Δpu=f(x,u) admits a solution . On the basis of a comparison principle we will give a sufficient condition under which such a problem admits a unique solution.