Related papers: Critical points of the Moser-Trudinger functional

We consider the Dirichlet problem for the energy-critical heat equation \begin{equation*} \begin{cases} u_t=\Delta u+u^5,~&\mbox{ in } \Omega \times \mathbb{R}^+,\\ u(x,t)=0,~&\mbox{ on } \partial \Omega \times \mathbb{R}^+,\\…

We consider positive solutions for the fractional heat equation with critical exponent \begin{equation*} \begin{cases} u_t = -(-\Delta)^{s}u + u^{\frac{n+2s}{n-2s}}\text{ in } \Omega\times (0, \infty), u = 0\text{ on }…

Consider a smooth, bounded domain $\O\subset \mathbb{R}^n$ with $n\geq 4$ and a smooth positive function $V$. We analyze the asymptotic behavior of a sequence of positive solutions $u_\e$ to the equation $-\Delta u +V(x)u…

We are concerned with the following class of equations with exponential nonlinearities: $$ \Delta u+h_1e^u-h_2e^{-2u}=0 \qquad \mbox{in } B_1\subset\mathbb{R}^2, $$ which is related to the Tzitz\'eica equation. Here $h_1, h_2$ are two…

We consider the nonlinear Schr\"odinger equation \[ u_t = i \Delta u + | u |^\alpha u \quad \mbox{on ${\mathbb R}^N $, $\alpha>0$,} \] for $H^1$-subcritical or critical nonlinearities: $(N-2) \alpha \le 4$. Under the additional technical…

Let $\Omega$ be a smooth bounded domain in $\R^n$, $n\ge 5$. We consider the semilinear heat equation at the critical Sobolev exponent $$ u_t = \Delta u + u^{\frac{n+2}{n-2}} \inn \Omega\times (0,\infty), \quad u =0 \onn \pp\Omega\times…

We are concerned with the Moser-Trudinger problem \begin{equation*} \begin{cases} -\Delta u=\lambda ue^{u^2}~~&\mbox{in}~\Omega,\\[0.5mm] u>0 ~~ &{\text{in}~\Omega},\\[0.5mm] u=0~~&\mbox{on}~\partial \Omega, \end{cases} \end{equation*}…

Let $\Omega$ be a smooth bounded domain in $\mathbb{R}^n$ and denote the regular part of the Green's function on $\Omega$ with Dirichlet boundary condition as $H(x,y)$. Assume that $q \in \Omega$ and $n\geq 5$. We prove that there exists an…

We consider the energy supercritical harmonic heat flow from $\mathbb{R}^d$ into the $d$-sphere $\mathbb{S}^d$ with $d \geq 7$. Under an additional assumption of 1-corotational symmetry, the problem reduces to the one dimensional semilinear…

We consider the energy supercritical defocusing nonlinear Schr\"odinger equation $i\partial_tu+\Delta u-u|u|^{p-1}=0$ in dimension $d\ge 5$. In a suitable range of energy supercritical parameters $(d,p)$, we prove the existence of $\mathcal…

We prove existence and nonexistence results concerning elliptic problems whose basic model is \begin{equation*} \begin{cases} \displaystyle-\Delta u+\mu(x)\frac{|\nabla u|^2}{(u+\delta)^\gamma}= \lambda u^p, &x\in \Omega, \\ u> 0, &x\in…

We consider the following class of equations with exponential nonlinearities on a compact surface $M$: $$ - \Delta u = \rho_1 \left( \frac{h_1 \,e^{u}}{\int_M h_1 \,e^{u} } - \frac{1}{|M|} \right) - \rho_2 \left( \frac{h_2 \,e^{-u}}{\int_M…

Let $\Omega$ be a smooth bounded domain in $\mathbb{R}^n$ ($n\geq 3$) such that $0\in\partial \Omega$. In this memoir, we consider issues of non-existence, existence, and multiplicity of variational solutions in $H_{1,0}^2(\Omega)$ for the…

Let $n\ge 3$, $0<m<\frac{n-2}{n}$, $i_0\in\mathbb{Z}^+$, $\Omega\subset\mathbb{R}^n$ be a smooth bounded domain, $a_1,a_2,\dots,a_{i_0}\in\Omega$, $\widehat{\Omega}=\Omega\setminus\{a_1,a_2,\dots,a_{i_0}\}$, $0\le f\in…

We prove the existence of critical points of the $N$-vortex Hamiltonian $H_\Omega (x_1,\ldots, x_N) =\sum\limits^N_{i=1}\Gamma^2_i h(x_i) + \sum\limits_{i,j=1\atop j\not= k}^N…

We consider the $SU(n+1)$ Toda system $$(S_\lambda) \quad \left\{ \begin{aligned} & \Delta u_1 + 2\lambda e^{u_1} - \lambda e^{u_2}- \dots - \lambda e^{u_k} = 0\quad \hbox{in}\ \Omega,\\ & \Delta u_2 - \lambda e^{u_1} + 2\lambda e^{u_2} -…

We consider the slightly subcritical elliptic problem with Hardy term $$ \left\{ \begin{aligned} -\Delta u-\mu\frac{u}{|x|^2} &= |u|^{2^{\ast}-2-\epsilon}u &&\quad \text{in } \Omega\subset\mathbb{R}^N, \\\ u &= 0&&\quad \text{on } \partial…

We study the Dirichlet energy of non-negative radially symmetric critical points $u_\mu$ of the Moser-Trudinger inequality on the unit disc in $\mathbb{R}^2$, and prove that it expands as $$4\pi+\frac{4\pi}{\mu^{4}}+o(\mu^{-4})\le…

We consider, on a connected metric graph $\mathcal{G}$, a family of nonlinear Schr\"odinger equations $$ -u'' + W_n(x) u + \lambda_n u = \rho_n(x)|u|^{p-2}u, \quad n \in \mathbb{N}. \qquad (*) $$ We assume that $p > 2$, $(W_n)$, $(\rho_n)…

We improve the sharpness of some fractional Moser-Trudinger type inequalities, particularly those studied by Lam-Lu and Martinazzi. As an application, improving upon works of Adimurthi and Lakkis, we prove the existence of weak solutions to…