Existence of infinitely many solutions for the (<Emphasis Type="Italic">p</Emphasis>, <Emphasis Type="Italic">q</Emphasis>)-Laplace equation

In this paper, we study the (p, q)-Laplace equation in a bounded domain under the Dirichlet boundary condition. We give a sufficient condition of the nonlinear term for the existence of a sequence of solutions converging to zero or diverging to infinity. Moreover, we give a priori estimates of the C ¹-norms of solutions under a suitable condition on the nonlinear term.     

Existence of solutions for a nonlinear elliptic problem of fourth order with weight

In this work we study the existence and regularity of solutions of the equation Δ _p ² u = λm|u| ^q?2 u with the boundary conditions of Navier in the case p ≠ q.     

A superconvergent local discontinuous Galerkin method for nonlinear two-point boundary-value problems

In this paper, we present and analyze a superconvergent and high order accurate local discontinuous Galerkin (LDG) method for nonlinear two-point boundary-value problems (BVPs) of the form u ^″ = f (t, u), which arise in a wide variety of engineering applications. We prove the L ² stability of the LDG scheme and optimal L ² error estimates for the solution and for the auxiliary variable that approximates the first-order derivative. The order of convergence is proved to be p +?1, when piecewise polynomials of degree at most p are used. Our numerical experiments demonstrate optimal rates of convergence. Moreover, we show that the derivatives of the LDG solutions are superconvergent with order p +?1 toward the derivatives of Gausss-Radau projections of the exact solutions. Finally, we prove that the LDG solutions are superconvergent with order p +?3/2 toward Gauss-Radau projections of the exact solutions. Our computational results indicate that the observed numerical superconvergence rate is p +?2. Our proofs are valid for arbitrary regular meshes using piecewise polynomials of degree p ≥?1 and for the periodic, Dirichlet, and mixed boundary conditions. All proofs are valid under the hypotheses of the existence and uniqueness theorem for BVPs. Several numerical results are presented to validate the theoretical results.     

A singular Monge-Ampère equation on unbounded domains

In this paper, we study the Dirichlet problem for a singular Monge-Amp`ere type equation on unbounded domains. For a few special kinds of unbounded convex domains, we find the explicit formulas of the solutions to the problem. For general unbounded convex domain ?, we prove the existence for solutions to the problem in the space C∞(?) ∩ C(?). We also obtain the local C1/2-estimate up to the ?? and the estimate for the lower bound of the solutions.     

On bi-nonlocal problem for elliptic equations with Neumann boundary conditions

We prove the existence of positive solutions for a nonlocal problem (1.2) with Neumann boundary conditions. We distinguish two cases: 2 < p < 2* (subcritical) and p = 2* (critical). The existence of solutions is established by variational methods.     

On the curve of critical exponents for nonlinear elliptic problems in the case of a zero mass

For semilinear elliptic equations ?Δu = λ|u| ^p?2 u?|u| ^q?2 u, boundary value problems in bounded and unbounded domains are considered. In the plane of exponents p × q, the so-called curves of critical exponents are defined that divide this plane into domains with qualitatively different properties of the boundary value problems and the corresponding parabolic equations. New solvability conditions for boundary value problems, conditions for the stability and instability of stationary solutions, and conditions for the existence of global solutions to parabolic equations are found.     

Concave functions,blaschke products,and polygonal mappings

We consider the class Co(p) of all conformal maps of the unit disk onto the exterior of a bounded convex set. We prove that the triangle mappings, i.e., the functions that map the unit disk onto the exterior of a triangle, are among the extreme points of the closed convex hull of Co(p). Moreover, we prove a conjecture on the closed convex hull of Co(p) for all p ∈ (0, 1) which had partially been proved by the authors for some values of p ∈ (0, 1).     

Multiple solutions for non-homogeneous degenerate Schrödinger equations in cone Sobolev spaces

The present paper deals with the study of semilinear and non-homogeneous Schrödinger equations on a manifold with conical singularity. We provide a suitable constant by Sobolev embedding constant and for p ∈ (2, 2?) with respect to non-homogeneous term g(x) ∈ L ₂ ^n/2 (B), which helps to find multiple solutions of our problem. More precisely, we prove the existence of two solutions to the problem 1.1 with negative and positive energy in cone Sobolev space H _2,0 ^1,n/2 (B). Finally, we consider p = 2 and we prove the existence and uniqueness of Fuchsian-Poisson problem.     

On the Monge–Ampère equation with boundary blow-up: existence,uniqueness and asymptotics

We consider the Monge–Ampère equation det D ² u = b(x)f(u) > 0 in Ω, subject to the singular boundary condition u = ∞ on ?Ω. We assume that \(b\in C^\infty(\overline{\Omega})\) is positive in Ω and non-negative on ?Ω. Under suitable conditions on f, we establish the existence of positive strictly convex solutions if Ω is a smooth strictly convex, bounded domain in \({\mathbb R}^N\) with N ≥ 2. We give asymptotic estimates of the behaviour of such solutions near ?Ω and a uniqueness result when the variation of f at ∞ is regular of index q greater than N (that is, \(\lim_{u\to \infty} f(\lambda u)/f(u)=\lambda^q\) , for every λ > 0). Using regular variation theory, we treat both cases: b > 0 on ?Ω and \(b\equiv 0\) on ?Ω.     

Infinite horizon backward doubly stochastic differential equations with non-degenerate terminal functions and their stationary property

In this paper we consider infinite horizon backward doubly stochastic differential equations (BDSDEs for short) coupled with forward stochastic differential equations, whose terminal functions are non-degenerate. For such kind of BDSDEs, we study the existence and uniqueness of their solutions taking values in weighted L ^p (dx)?L ²(dx) space (p ≥ 2), and obtain the stationary property for the solutions.     

Existence and multiplicity of solutions of quasilinear equations with convex or nonconvex reaction term

We give existence, nonexistence and multiplicity results of nonnegative solutions for Dirichlet problems of the form

$ - {\Delta_p}v = \lambda f(x){\left( {1 + g(v)} \right)^{p - 1}}\quad {\text{in}}\ \Omega,\quad u = 0\quad {\text{on}}\ \partial \Omega, $

where Δ _p is the p-Laplacian (p > 1), g is nondecreasing, superlinear, and possibly convex, λ > 0, and f ∈ L ¹ (Ω), f ≥ 0. New information on the extremal solutions is given. Equations with measure data are also considered.

     

Vectorial Ekeland variational principle for systems of equilibrium problems and its applications

For a family of vector-valued bifunctions,we introduce the notion of sequentially lower monotonity,which is strictly weaker than the lower semi-continuity of the second variables of the bifunctions.Then,we give a general version of vectorial Ekeland variational principle(briefly,denoted by EVP) for a system of equilibrium problems,where the sequentially lower monotone objective bifunction family is defined on products of sequentially lower complete spaces(concerning sequentially lower complete spaces,see Zhu et al(2013)),and taking values in a quasi-ordered locally convex space.Besides,the perturbation consists of a subset of the ordering cone and a family {p_i}_(i∈I) of negative functions satisfying for each i∈I,p_i(x_i,y_i) = 0 if and only if x_i=y_i.From the general version,we can deduce several particular equilibrium versions of EVP,which can be applied to show the existence of solutions for countable systems of equilibrium problems.In particular,we obtain a general existence result of solutions for countable systems of equilibrium problems in the setting of sequentially lower complete spaces.By weakening the compactness of domains and the lower semi-continuity of objective bifunctions,we extend and improve some known existence results of solutions for countable system of equilibrium problems in the setting of complete metric spaces(or Fréchet spaces).When the domains are non-compact,by using the theory of angelic spaces(see Floret(1980)),we generalize some existence results on solutions for countable systems of equilibrium problems by extending the framework from reflexive Banach spaces to the strong duals of weakly compactly generated spaces.     

The <Emphasis Type="Italic">p</Emphasis>-Harmonic Measure of Small Axially Symmetric Sets

Using the first eigenvalue/eigenvector pair of a singular eigenvalue problem (motivated by the Dirichlet eigenvalue problem for the Laplace-Beltrami operator on a spherical cap), we define certain nonnegative p-superharmonic and p-subharmonic functions on a convex cone which are singular at the vertex and vanish on the rest of the boundary. We use these functions to give upper and lower estimates of the p-harmonic measure near the vertex of the cone as well as the p-harmonic measure of a small spherical cap.     

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.

     

Local solvability of the k-Hessian equations

We give a classification of second-order polynomial solutions for the homogeneous k-Hessian equation σ_k[u] = 0. There are only two classes of polynomial solutions: One is convex polynomial; another one must not be(k + 1)-convex, and in the second case, the k-Hessian equations are uniformly elliptic with respect to that solution. Based on this classification, we obtain the existence of C∞local solution for nonhomogeneous term f without sign assumptions.     

Existence of saddle solutions of a nonlinear elliptic equation involving <Emphasis Type="Italic">p</Emphasis>-Laplacian in more even-dimensional spaces

We show that there exist saddle solutions of the nonlinear elliptic equation involving the p-Laplacian, p > 2, -Δ _p u = f(u) in R^2m for all dimensions satisfying 2m ≥ p, by using sub-supersolution method. The existence of saddle solutions of the above problem was known only in dimensions 2m ≥ 2p.     

An indefinite concave-convex equation under a Neumann boundary condition I

We investigate the problem (P _λ) ?Δu = λb(x)|u| ^q?2 u + a(x)|u| ^p?2 u in Ω, ?u/?n = 0 on ?Ω, where Ω is a bounded smooth domain in R ^N (N ≥ 2), 1 < q < 2 < p, λ ∈ R, and a, b ∈ \({C^\alpha }\left( {\overline \Omega } \right)\) with 0 < α < 1. Under certain indefinite type conditions on a and b, we prove the existence of two nontrivial nonnegative solutions for small |λ|. We then characterize the asymptotic profiles of these solutions as λ → 0, which in some cases implies the positivity and ordering of these solutions. In addition, this asymptotic analysis suggests the existence of a loop type component in the non-negative solutions set. We prove the existence of such a component in certain cases, via a bifurcation and a topological analysis of a regularized version of (P _λ).     

Existence results for degenerate <Emphasis Type="Italic">p</Emphasis>(<Emphasis Type="Italic">x</Emphasis>)-Laplace equations with Leray-Lions type operators

We show the existence and multiplicity of solutions to degenerate p(x)-Laplace equations with Leray-Lions type operators using direct methods and critical point theories in Calculus of Variations and prove the uniqueness and nonnegativeness of solutions when the principal operator is monotone and the nonlinearity is nonincreasing. Our operator is of the most general form containing all previous ones and we also weaken assumptions on the operator and the nonlinearity to get the above results. Moreover, we do not impose the restricted condition on p(x) and the uniform monotonicity of the operator to show the existence of three distinct solutions.     

On the Asymptotic Dirichlet Problem for the Minimal Hypersurface Equation in a Hadamard Manifold

We study the Dirichlet problem at infinity on a Cartan-Hadamard manifold M of dimension n ≥ 2 for a large class of operators containing, in particular, the p-Laplacian and the minimal graph operator. We extend several existence results obtained for the p-Laplacian to our class of operators. As an application of our main result, we prove the solvability of the asymptotic Dirichlet problem for the minimal graph equation for any continuous boundary data on a (possibly non rotationally symmetric) manifold whose sectional curvatures are allowed to decay to 0 quadratically.     

The existence of semiclassical states for some <Emphasis Type="Italic">p</Emphasis>-Laplacian equation with critical exponent

In this paper, we study the existence of semiclassical states for some p-Laplacian equation. Under given conditions and minimax methods, we show that this problem has at least one positive solution provided that ε ≤ E; for any m ∈ ?, it has m pairs solutions if ε ≤ E _m , where E, E_m are sufficiently small positive numbers. Moreover, these solutions are closed to zero in W^1,p(? ^N ) as ε → 0.