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We show that the elliptic equation with a non-Lipschitz right-hand side, $-\Delta u = \lambda |u|^{\beta-1}u - |u|^{\alpha-1}u$ with $\lambda>0$ and $0<\alpha<\beta<1$, considered on a smooth star-shaped domain $\Omega$ subject to zero…

We derive a priori bounds for positive supersolutions of $ - \Delta_{p} u = \rho(x) f(u) $, where $p>1$ and $\Delta_{p}$ is the $p$-Laplace operator, in a smooth bounded domain of $R^{N}$ with zero Dirichlet boundary conditions. We apply…

For $0<s<1$, we consider the nonlocal equation $(-\Delta)^s u = f$ over a Reifenberg flat domain $\Omega$ with $f \in C({\overline{\Omega}})$ and null Dirichlet exterior condition. Given $\alpha \in (0,s)$, we prove that weak solutions are…

We investigate qualitative properties of weak solutions of the Dirichlet problem for the equation $-\Delta_p u = \lambda m(x)|u|^{p-2}u + \eta a(x)|u|^{q-2}u + f(x)$ in a bounded domain $\Omega \subset \mathbb{R}^N$, where $q<p$. Under…

We consider the semilinear elliptic equation $-\Delta u =\lambda f(u)$ in a smooth bounded domain $\Omega$ of $R^{n}$ with Dirichielt boundary condition, where $f$ is a $C^{1}$ positive and nondeccreasing function in $[0,\infty)$ such that…

Consider the Dirichlet problem with respect to an elliptic operator \[ A = - \sum_{k,l=1}^d \partial_k \, a_{kl} \, \partial_l - \sum_{k=1}^d \partial_k \, b_k + \sum_{k=1}^d c_k \, \partial_k + c_0 \] on a bounded Wiener regular open set…

The anti-maximum principle for the homogeneous Dirichlet problem to $-\Delta_p u = \lambda |u|^{p-2}u + f(x)$ with positive $f \in L^\infty(\Omega)$ states the existence of a critical value $\lambda_f > \lambda_1$ such that any solution of…

We prove weak and strong maximum principles, including a Hopf lemma, for smooth subsolutions to equations defined by linear, second-order, partial differential operators whose principal symbols vanish along a portion of the domain boundary.…

We give a simple proof of the strong maximum principle for viscosity subsolutions of fully nonlinear elliptic PDEs on the form $$ F(x,u,Du,D^2u) = 0 $$ under suitable structure conditions on the equation allowing for non-Lipschitz growth in…

We prove the Hopf boundary point lemma for solutions of the Dirichlet problem involving the Schr\"odinger operator $- \Delta + V$ with a nonnegative potential $V$ which merely belongs to $L_{\mathrm{loc}}^1(\Omega)$. More precisely, if $u…

In this paper the existence of solutions, $(\lambda,u)$, of the problem $$-\Delta u=\lambda u -a(x)|u|^{p-1}u \quad \hbox{in }\Omega, \qquad u=0 \quad \hbox{on}\;\;\partial\Omega,$$ is explored for $0 < p < 1$. When $p>1$, it is known that…

This paper studies the existence of positive normalized solutions to the singular elliptic equation \[ -\Delta u + \lambda u = u^{-r} + u^{p-1} \quad \text{in } \Omega, \] with the Dirichlet boundary condition $u=0$ on $\partial\Omega$ and…

We are interested in the following Dirichlet problem $$ \left\{ \begin{array}{ll} -\Delta u + \lambda u - \mu \frac{u}{|x|^2} - \nu \frac{u}{\mathrm{dist}\,(x,\mathbb{R}^N \setminus \Omega)^2} = f(x,u) & \quad \mbox{in } \Omega \\ u = 0 &…

In this paper, we prove the boundary Lipschitz regularity and the Hopf Lemma by a unified method on Reifenberg domains for fully nonlinear elliptic equations. Precisely, if the domain $\Omega$ satisfies the exterior Reifenberg…

We consider the boundary value problem $-\Delta_p u = \lambda c(x) |u|^{p-2}u + \mu(x) |\grad u|^p + h(x)$, $u \in W^{1,p}_0(\Omega) \cap L^{\infty}(\Omega)$, where $\Omega \subset \mathbb R^N$, $N \geq 2$, is a bounded domain with smooth…

Let $0<q<1<p$. In this study, we investigate positive solutions of the logistic elliptic equation $-\Delta u = u(1-u^{p-1})$ in a smooth bounded domain $\Omega$ of $\mathbb{R}^N$, $N\geq1$, with the nonlinear boundary condition…

We review the indefinite sublinear elliptic equation $-\Delta u=a(x)u^{q}$ in a smooth bounded domain $\Omega\subset\mathbb{R}^{N}$, with Dirichlet or Neumann homogeneous boundary conditions. Here $0<q<1$ and $a$ is continuous and changes…

We consider the following nonlinear Choquard equation with Dirichlet boundary condition $$-\Delta u =\left(\int_{\Omega}\frac{|u|^{2_{\mu}^{\ast}}}{|x-y|^{\mu}}dy\right)|u|^{2_{\mu}^{\ast}-2}u+\lambda…

This paper is concerned with the nonlinear elliptic problem $-\Delta u=\frac{\lambda }{(a-u)^2}$ on a bounded domain $\Omega$ of $\mathbb{R}^N$ with Dirichlet boundary conditions. This problem arises from Micro-Electromechanical Systems…

In this paper, we consider the following nonlinear elliptic equation with Dirichlet boundary condition: $-\Delta u=K(x)u^{\frac{n+2}{n-2}},\, u>0$ in $\Omega,\, u=0$ on $\partial\Omega$, where $\Omega$ is a smooth bounded domain in…