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A Liouville theorem for a fourth order H\'enon equation

Analysis of PDEs 2011-10-12 v1

Abstract

We examine the following fourth order H\'enon equation \label{pipe} \Delta^2 u = |x|^\alpha u^p \qquad \text{in}\ \IR^N, where 0<α 0 < \alpha. Define the Hardy-Sobolev exponent p4(α):=N+4+2αN4 p_4(\alpha):= \frac{N+4 + 2 \alpha}{N-4}. We show that in dimension N=5 there are no positive bounded classical solutions of (\ref{pipe}) provided 1<p<p4(α) 1 < p < p_4(\alpha).

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@article{arxiv.1110.2246,
  title  = {A Liouville theorem for a fourth order H\'enon equation},
  author = {Craig Cowan},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1110.2246},
  year   = {2011}
}