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We consider positive solutions $u$ of the semilinear biharmonic equation $\Delta^2 u = |x|^{-\frac{n+4}{2}} g(|x|^\frac{n-4}{2} u)$ in $\mathbb R^n \setminus \{0\}$ with non-removable singularities at the origin. Under natural assumptions…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2020-03-19 Rupert L. Frank , Tobias König

We consider the equation $-\epsilon^{2}\Delta u + u = u^ {p}$ in a bounded domain $\Omega\subset\R^{3}$ with edges. We impose Neumann boundary conditions, assuming $1<p<5$, and prove concentration of solutions at suitable points of…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2015-05-20 Serena Dipierro

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 &…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2022-12-16 Bartosz Bieganowski , Adam Konysz

We are concerned with the semilinear biharmonic problem under Dirichlet boundary conditions that \begin{equation*} \begin{cases} \Delta^2 u=(u^+)^{p} &{\text{in}~\Omega},\\[0.5mm] u \not\equiv 0 &{\text{in}~\Omega},\\[0.5mm] u=\partial u /…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2026-05-26 Xiuda Liang , Wenjie Wang

We study the Dirichlet problem $-\div(|\nabla u|^{p(x)-2} \nabla u) =0 $ in $\Omega$, with $u=f$ on $\partial \Omega$ and $p(x) = \infty$ in $D$, a subdomain of the reference domain $\Omega$. The main issue is to give a proper sense to what…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2015-05-13 Juan J. Manfredi , Julio D. Rossi , José Miguel Urbano

In this paper, we study the subcritical biharmonic equation \[\Delta ^2 u=u^\alpha\] on a complete, connected, and non-compact Riemannian manifold $(M^n,g)$ with nonnegative Ricci curvature. Using the method of invariant tensors, we derive…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-08-21 Xi-Nan Ma , Tian Wu , Wangzhe Wu

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…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2017-09-19 Zakaria Boucheche

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…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2026-01-29 Siyu Chen , Xiaojun Chang , Jiazheng Zhou

We consider the Dirichlet problem for the nonhomogeneous equation $-\Delta_p u -\Delta_q u = \alpha |u|^{p-2}u + \beta |u|^{q-2}u + f(x)$ in a bounded domain, where $p \neq q$, and $\alpha, \beta \in \mathbb{R}$ are parameters. We explore…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2019-11-26 Vladimir Bobkov , Mieko Tanaka

We focus on the classification of positive solutions to $(-\Delta)^s u=\frac{x_n^{\alpha}}{u^\gamma}$ in the half space with $\gamma>0$, subject to the Dirichlet condition. We show that when $-2s<\alpha<(\gamma-1)s$, all positive solutions…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2026-04-23 Yahong Guo , Chilin Zhang

We study the boundary behaviour of solutions $u$ of $-\Delta_{N}u+ |u|^{q-1}u=0$ in a bounded smooth domain $\Omega\subset\mathbb R^{N}$ subject to the boundary condition $u=0$ except at one point, in the range $q>N-1$. We prove that if…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2008-12-18 Rouba Borghol , Laurent Veron

We study the semilinear elliptic equation \begin{equation*} -\Delta u=u^\alpha |\log u|^\beta\quad\text{in }B_1\setminus\{0\}, \end{equation*} where $B_1\subset\mathbb{R}^n$ with $n\geq 3$, $\frac{n}{n-2} < \alpha < \frac{n+2}{n-2}$ and…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2018-04-13 Marius Ghergu , Sunghan Kim , Henrik Shahgholian

In this paper we study the equation $-\Delta u+\rho^{-(\alpha+2)}h(\rho^{\alpha}u)=0$ in a smooth bounded domain $\Omega$ where $\rho(x)=\textrm{dist}\,(x,\partial \Omega)$, $\alpha>0$ and $h$ is a non-decreasing function which satisfies…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2015-03-31 Mousomi Bhakta , Moshe Marcus

In this paper, we study the following biharmonic equations:% $$ \left\{\aligned&\Delta^2u-a_0\Delta u+(\lambda b(x)+b_0)u=f(u)&\text{ in }\bbr^N,\\% &u\in\h,\endaligned\right.\eqno{(\mathcal{P}_{\lambda})}% $$ where $N\geq3$,…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2015-07-14 Yisheng Huang , Zeng Liu , Yuanze Wu

In this paper we consider the Liouville equation $\Delta u +\lambda^2 e^{\,u}=0$ with Dirichlet boundary conditions in a two dimensional, doubly connected domain $\Omega$. We show that there exists a simple, closed curve $\gamma\subset…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2018-08-02 Michal Kowalczyk , Angela Pistoia , Giusi Vaira

We show that the parabolic equation $u_t + (-\Delta)^s u = q(x) |u|^{\alpha-1} u$ posed in a time-space cylinder $(0,T) \times \mathbb{R}^N$ and coupled with zero initial condition and zero nonlocal Dirichlet condition in $(0,T) \times…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2026-03-16 Jiří Benedikt , Vladimir Bobkov , Raj Narayan Dhara , Petr Girg

Let $\lambda^*>0$ denote the largest possible value of $\lambda$ such that \begin{align*} \left\{\begin{aligned} \Delta^2 u & = \la e^u && \text{in $B $} u &= \pd{u}{n} = 0 && \text{on $ \pa B $} \end{aligned} \right. \end{align*} has a…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2008-01-17 Juan Davila , Louis Dupaigne , Ignacio Guerra , Marcelo Montenegro

For $n \geq 5$, we consider positive solutions $u$ of the biharmonic equation \[ \Delta^2 u = u^\frac{n+4}{n-4} \qquad \text{on}\ \mathbb R^n \setminus \{0\} \] with a non-removable singularity at the origin. We show that…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2018-10-31 Rupert L. Frank , Tobias König

We consider the numerical solution of the equation - \Delta u - f(u) = g, for the unknown u satisfying Dirichlet conditions in a bounded domain. The nonlinearity f has bounded, continuous derivative. The algorithm uses the finite element…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2011-04-01 J. Cal Neto , C. Tomei

We study Dirichlet problems for fractional Laplace equations of the form $(-\Delta)^{\frac{\alpha}{2}} u = f(x,u)$ in $\mathbb{R}^{n}$ for $0<\alpha<n$ where the nonlinearity $f(x,u) = \sum_{i=1}^{M} \sigma_{i} u^{q_i} + \omega$ involves…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-06-30 Aye Chan May , Adisak Seesanea