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In this paper we consider the following Sturm-Liouville equation \[ \left\{ \begin{aligned} -(x^{2\alpha}u'(x))'+u(x)&=f(x) && \text{in } (0,1],\\ u(1)&=0 \end{aligned} \right. \] where $\alpha<1$ is a nonzero real number and $f$ belongs to…

In this paper we consider nonlinear elliptic PDEs of the type $$-\Delta_p u+a(x)|u|^{p-2}u=|u|^{p^*-2}u \qquad \mbox{ in }\Omega,$$ where $1<p<N$ and $p^*=Np/(N-p)$ is the critical Sobolev exponent, and allowing the asymptotic behavior of…

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We prove a Liouville theorem for ancient solutions to the supercritical Fujita equation \[\partial_tu-\Delta u=|u|^{p-1}u, \quad -\infty <t<0, \quad p>\frac{n+2}{n-2},\] which says if $u$ is close to the ODE solution…

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In this paper, we establish the sharp criteria for the nonexistence of positive solutions to the Hardy-Littlewood-Sobolev (HLS) type system of nonlinear equations and the corresponding nonlinear differential systems of Lane-Emden type…

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We consider classical solutions to $-\Delta u = f(u)$ in half-spaces, under homogeneous Dirichlet boundary conditions. We prove that any positive solution is strictly monotone increasing in the direction orthogonal to the boundary, provided…

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We examine the H\'enon equation $ -\Delta u =|x|^\alpha u^p$ in $ \Omega \subset \mathbb{R}^N$ with $u=0$ on $ \partial \Omega$ where $ 0 < \alpha$. We show there exists a sequence $ \{p_k\}_k \subset [ \frac{N+2}{N-2}, p_{\alpha}(N)]$ with…

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In this paper, we are interested in some problems related to the following biharmonic hartree equation \begin{equation*} \Delta^{2} u=(|x|^{-\alpha}\ast |u|^{p})u^{p-1},\sp \text{in}\quad\R^N. \end{equation*} where…

In this work, we prove the following result(Theorem 1): Suppose that n is a positive integer, p an odd prime, and such that either n is congruent to 0 modulo4 and p congruent to 3 modulo8; or alternatively, n is congruent to 2 modulo4 and p…

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In this paper we establish gradient estimates for positive solutions to the nonlinear elliptic equation $$\Delta_{V}u^{m}+\mu(x)u+p(x)u^{\alpha}=0 , \quad m>1$$on any smooth metric measure space whose $k$-Bakry-\'{E}mery curvature is…

We prove that the Dirichlet problem for the Lane-Emden system in a half-space has no positive classical solution that is bounded on finite strips. Such a nonexistence result was previously available only for bounded solutions or under a…