Removable Singularities for Fully Nonlinear Elliptic Equations

We obtain a removability result for the fully nonlinear uniformly elliptic equations F(D ² u)+f(u)=0. The main theorem states that every solution to the equation in a punctured ball (without any restrictions on the behaviour near the centre of the ball) is extendable to the solution in the entire ball provided the function f satisfies certain sharp conditions depending on F. Previously such results were known for linear and quasilinear operators F. In comparison with the semi- or quasilinear theory the techniques for the fully nonlinear equations are new and based on the use of the viscosity notion of generalised solution rather than the distributional or the weak solutions. Accepted May 3, 2000?Published online November 16, 2000     

Degenerate Conformally Invariant Fully Nonlinear Elliptic Equations

We establish Liouville theorems for , entire solutions and locally Lipschitz entire weak solutions to general degenerate conformally invariant fully nonlinear elliptic equations of second order. For applications to local gradient estimates of solutions of general conformally invariant fully nonlinear elliptic equations of second order, see [20].     

Singular Solutions of Fully Nonlinear Elliptic Equations and Applications

We study the properties of solutions of fully nonlinear, positively homogeneous elliptic equations near boundary points of Lipschitz domains at which the solution may be singular. We show that these equations have two positive solutions in each cone of , and the solutions are unique in an appropriate sense. We introduce a new method for analyzing the behavior of solutions near certain Lipschitz boundary points, which permits us to classify isolated boundary singularities of solutions which are bounded from either above or below. We also obtain a sharp Phragmén–Lindel?f result as well as a principle of positive singularities in certain Lipschitz domains.     

Universal Moduli of Continuity for Solutions to Fully Nonlinear Elliptic Equations

This paper provides universal, optimal moduli of continuity for viscosity solutions to fully nonlinear elliptic equations F(X, D ² u) =  f(X), based on the weakest and borderline integrability properties of the source function f in different scenarios. The primary result established in this work is a sharp Log-Lipschitz estimate on u based on the L ⁿ norm of f, which corresponds to optimal regularity bounds for the critical threshold case. Optimal C ^1,α regularity estimates are also delivered when ${f\in L^{n+\varepsilon}}$ . The limiting upper borderline case, ${f \in L^\infty}$ , also has transcendental importance to elliptic regularity theory and its applications. In this paper we show, under the convexity assumption on F, that ${u \in C^{1,{\rm Log-Lip}}}$ , provided f has bounded mean oscillation. Once more, such an estimate is optimal. For the lower borderline integrability condition allowed by the theory, we establish interior a priori estimates on the ${C^{0,\frac{n-2\varepsilon}{n-\varepsilon}}}$ norm of u based on the L ^n-ε norm of f, where ? is the Escauriaza universal constant. The exponent ${\frac{n-2\varepsilon}{n-\varepsilon}}$ is optimal. When the source function f lies in L ^q , n > q > n?ε, we also obtain the exact, improved sharp Hölder exponent of continuity.     

A Class of Singularly Perturbed Generalized Boundary Value Problems for Quasi-Linear Elliptic Equation of Higher Order

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Positive Solutions of Boundary Value Problems for Second-Order Singular Nonlinear Differential Equations

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Solvability of Uniformly Elliptic Fully Nonlinear PDE

We get existence, uniqueness and non-uniqueness of viscosity solutions of uniformly elliptic fully nonlinear equations of the Hamilton–Jacobi–Bellman–Isaacs type with unbounded ingredients and quadratic growth in the gradient without hypotheses of convexity or properness. Some of our results are new even for equations in divergence form.     

On the Asymptotic Solutions of Boundary Value Problems for a Class of Systems of Nonlinear Differential Equations (I)

A new method is applied to study the asymptotic behavior of solutions of boundary value problems for a class of systems of nonlinear differential equations . The asymptotic expansions of solutions are constructed, the remainders are estimated. The former works are improved and generalized.     

Hausdorff Measure Estimates and Lipschitz Regularity in Inhomogeneous Nonlinear Free Boundary Problems

In this paper, we prove a Hausdorff measure estimate for the free boundaries of subsolutions of fully nonlinear and quasilinear equations of the type \({F(D^2u,x)\geqq f(x)}\) and \({{\rm div}\,A(x,\nabla u)\geqq \mu}\) where \({f \in L^{q}, q >N}\) and μ is a signed Radon measure with some appropriate growth condition. Gradient estimates for nonnegative harmonic functions with bounded normal derivatives along the boundary obtained by Caffarelli and Salsa (Geometric Approach to Free Boundary Problems, 2005) are extended to the context of inhomogeneous problems involving fully nonlinear and p-Laplace equations. As an application, Lipschitz regularity is obtained for one phase solutions of inhomogeneous nonlinear free boundary problems.     

Gradient Bounds for Elliptic Problems Singular at the Boundary

Let Ω be a bounded smooth domain in \({{R}^N, N \geqq 2}\), and let us denote by d(x) the distance function d(x, ?Ω). We study a class of singular Hamilton–Jacobi equations, arising from stochastic control problems, whose simplest model is

$ - \alpha \Delta u+ u + \frac{\nabla u \cdot B (x)}{d (x)}+ c(x) |\nabla u|^2=f (x) \quad {\rm in}\,\Omega, $

where f belongs to \({W^{1,\infty}_{\rm loc} (\Omega)}\) and is (possibly) singular at \({\partial \Omega, c\in W^{1,\infty} (\Omega)}\) (with no sign condition) and the field \({B\in W^{1,\infty} (\Omega)^N}\) has an outward direction and satisfies \({B\cdot \nu\geqq \alpha}\) at ?Ω (ν is the outward normal). Despite the singularity in the equation, we prove gradient bounds up to the boundary and the existence of a (globally) Lipschitz solution. We show that in some cases this is the unique bounded solution. We also discuss the stability of such estimates with respect to α, as α vanishes, obtaining Lipschitz solutions for first order problems with similar features. The main tool is a refined weighted version of the classical Bernstein method to get gradient bounds; the key role is played here by the orthogonal transport component of the Hamiltonian.

     

A Concentration Phenomenon for Semilinear Elliptic Equations

For a domain ${\Omega \subset \mathbb{R}^{N}}$ we consider the equation $$-\Delta{u} + V(x)u = Q_n(x)|{u}|^{p-2}u$$ with zero Dirichlet boundary conditions and ${p\in(2, 2^*)}$ . Here ${V \geqq 0}$ and Q _n are bounded functions that are positive in a region contained in ${\Omega}$ and negative outside, and such that the sets {Q _n  > 0} shrink to a point ${x_0 \in \Omega}$ as ${n \to \infty}$ . We show that if u _n is a nontrivial solution corresponding to Q _n , then the sequence (u _n ) concentrates at x ₀ with respect to the H ¹ and certain L ^q -norms. We also show that if the sets {Q _n  > 0} shrink to two points and u _n are ground state solutions, then they concentrate at one of these points.     

Global Boundedness of the Gradient for a Class of Nonlinear Elliptic Systems

Gradient boundedness up to the boundary for solutions to Dirichlet and Neumann problems for elliptic systems with Uhlenbeck type structure is established. Nonlinearities of possibly non-polynomial type are allowed, and minimal regularity on the data and on the boundary of the domain is assumed. The case of arbitrary bounded convex domains is also included.     

Boundary Integral Equations in Dynamic Problems for Elastic Plates

Initial-boundary value problems with Dirichlet and Neumann conditions arising in the theory of bending of plates with transverse shear deformation are reduced to time-dependent boundary integral equations by means of layer potentials. The solvability of these equations is then investigated in Sobolev-type spaces. This revised version was published online in June 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

Classification of Traveling Waves for a Class of Nonlinear Wave Equations

We classify the weak traveling wave solutions for a class of one-dimensional non-linear shallow water wave models. The equations are shown to admit smooth, peaked, and cusped solutions, as well as more exotic waves such as stumpons and composite waves. We also explain how some previously studied traveling wave solutions of the models fit into this classification.     

有正阻尼时强非线性自由振动问题的一种解法

在改进的L－P法的基础上,补充考虑振幅的变化,得到了一类有正阻尼的强非线性自由振动问题的一级近似解,近似解有较好的精度。     

Monotonicity Formula and Regularity for General Free Discontinuity Problems

We give a general monotonicity formula for local minimizers of free discontinuity problems which have a critical deviation from minimality, of order d ? 1. This result allows us to prove partial regularity results (that is closure and density estimates for the jump set) for a large class of free discontinuity problems involving general energies associated to the jump set, as for example free boundary problems with Robin conditions. In particular, we give a short proof to the De Giorgi–Carriero–Leaci result for the Mumford–Shah functional.     

Evolution Problems with Nonlinear Nonlocal Boundary Conditions

We provide a new approach to obtain solutions of evolution equations with nonlinear and nonlocal in time boundary conditions. Both, compact and noncompact semigroups are considered. As an example we show a “principle of huge growth”: every control of a reaction-diffusion system necessarily leads to a profile preserving nonlinear huge growth for an appropriate initial value condition. As another example we apply the approach with noncompact semigroups also to a class of age-population models, based on a hyperbolic conservation law.     

Least Supersolution Approach to Regularizing Free Boundary Problems

In this paper, we study a free boundary problem obtained as a limit as ε → 0 to the following regularizing family of semilinear equations , where β _ε approximates the Dirac delta in the origin and F is a Lipschitz function bounded away from 0 and infinity. The least supersolution approach is used to construct solutions satisfying geometric properties of the level surfaces that are uniform in ε. This allows to prove that the free boundary of a limit has the “right” weak geometry, in the measure theoretical sense. By the construction of some barriers with curvature, the classification of global profiles of the blow-up analysis is carried out and the limit functions are proven to be viscosity and pointwise solution ( almost everywhere) to a free boundary problem. Finally, the free boundary is proven to be a C ^1,α surface around almost everywhere point. An erratum to this article can be found at     

Relatively Compact Orbits and Compact Attractors for a Class of Nonlinear Evolution Equations

In the present paper we consider the nonlinear evolution equation u+AuG(u), where A:D(A)XX is m-accretive with (I+A)^–1 compact for some >0, and is continuous, and we prove that the orbit is relatively compact if and only if u is uniformly continuous, and both u and G^u are bounded on . In the same spirit, we derive conditions for orbits of bounded sets to have compact attractors. Some consequences and an example from age-structured population dynamics illustrate the effectiveness of the abstract result.