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Classification of Positive Radial Solutions to A Weighted Biharmonic Equation

Analysis of PDEs 2021-05-24 v1

Abstract

In this paper, we consider the weighted fourth order equation Δ(xαΔu)+λdiv(xα2u)+μxα4u=xβupinRn\{0},\Delta(|x|^{-\alpha}\Delta u)+\lambda \text{div}(|x|^{-\alpha-2}\nabla u)+\mu|x|^{-\alpha-4}u=|x|^\beta u^p\quad \text{in} \quad \mathbb{R}^n \backslash \{0\}, where n5n\geq 5, n<α<n4-n<\alpha<n-4, p>1p>1 and (p,α,β,n)(p,\alpha,\beta,n) belongs to the critical hyperbola n+α2+n+βp+1=n2.\frac{n+\alpha}{2}+\frac{n+\beta}{p+1}=n-2. We prove the existence of radial solutions to the equation for some λ\lambda and μ\mu. On the other hand, let v(t):=xn4α2u(x)v(t):=|x|^{\frac{n-4-\alpha}{2}}u(|x|), t=lnxt=-\ln |x|, then for the radial solution uu with non-removable singularity at origin, v(t)v(t) is a periodic function if α(2,n4)\alpha \in (-2,n-4) and λ\lambda, μ\mu satisfy some conditions; while for α(n,2]\alpha \in (-n,-2], there exists a radial solution with non-removable singularity and the corresponding function v(t)v(t) is not periodic. We also get some results about the best constant and symmetry breaking, which is closely related to the Caffarelli-Kohn-Nirenberg type inequality.

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@article{arxiv.2105.10363,
  title  = {Classification of Positive Radial Solutions to A Weighted Biharmonic Equation},
  author = {Yuhao Yan},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2105.10363},
  year   = {2021}
}

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