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The singular extremal solutions of the bilaplacian with exponential nonlinearity

Analysis of PDEs 2009-05-13 v1

Abstract

Consider the problem {ll} \Delta^2 u= \lambda e^{u} &\text{in} B u=\frac{\partial u}{\partial n}=0 &\text{on}\partial B, where BB is the unit ball in RN\R^N and λ\lambda is a parameter. Unlike the Gelfand problem the natural candidate u=4ln(x)u=-4\ln(|x|), for the extremal solution, does not satisfy the boundary conditions and hence showing the singular nature of the extremal solution in large dimensions close to the critical dimension is challenging. D\'avila et al. in \cite{DDGM} used a computer assisted proof to show that the extremal solution is singular in dimensions 13N3113\leq N\leq 31. Here by an improved Hardy-Rellich inequality which follows from the recent result of Ghoussoub-Moradifam \cite{GM} we overcome this difficulty and give a simple mathematical proof to show the extremal solution is singular in dimensions N13N\geq13.

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@article{arxiv.0905.1937,
  title  = {The singular extremal solutions of the bilaplacian with exponential nonlinearity},
  author = {Amir Moradifam},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0905.1937},
  year   = {2009}
}