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Classification of solutions to several semi-linear polyharmonic equations and fractional equations

Analysis of PDEs 2022-08-08 v2

Abstract

We are concerned with the following semi-linear polyharmonic equation with integral constraint \begin{align} \left\{\begin{array}{rl} &(-\Delta)^pu=u^\gamma_+ ~~ \mbox{ in }{\mathbb{R}^n},\\ \nonumber &\int_{\mathbb{R}^n}u_+^{\gamma}dx<+\infty, \end{array}\right. \end{align} where n>2pn>2p, p2p\geq2 and pZp\in\mathbb{Z}. We obtain for γ(1,nn2p)\gamma\in(1,\frac{n}{n-2p}) that any nonconstant solution satisfying certain growth at infinity is radial symmetric about some point in Rn\mathbb{R}^{n} and monotone decreasing in the radial direction. In the case p=2p=2, the same results are established for more general exponent γ(1,n+4n4)\gamma\in(1,\frac{n+4}{n-4}). For the following fractional equation with integral constraint \begin{equation*} \left\{\begin{array}{rl} &(-\Delta)^sv=v^\gamma_+ ~~ \mbox{ in }{\mathbb{R}^n},~~~~\\ &\int_{\mathbb{R}^n}v_+^{\frac{n(\gamma-1)}{2s}}dx<+\infty,~~~~~ \end{array}\right. \end{equation*} where s(0,1)s\in(0,1), γ(1,n+2sn2s)\gamma \in (1, \frac{n+2s}{n-2s}) and n2n\geq 2, we also complete the classification of solutions with certain growth at infinity. In addition, observe that the assumptions of the maximum principle named decay at infinity in \cite{chen} can be weakened slightly. Based on this observation, we classify all positive solutions of two semi-linear fractional equations without integral constraint.

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@article{arxiv.2201.00917,
  title  = {Classification of solutions to several semi-linear polyharmonic equations and fractional equations},
  author = {Zhuoran Du and Zhenping Feng and Yuan Li},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2201.00917},
  year   = {2022}
}