Related papers: The extremal solution for the fractional Laplacian

Let $\Omega:=\left( a,b\right) \subset\mathbb{R}$, $m\in L^{1}\left( \Omega\right) $ and $\lambda>0$ be a real parameter. Let $\mathcal{L}$ be the differential operator given by $\mathcal{L}u:=-\phi\left( u^{\prime}\right) ^{\prime}+r\left(…

In this article we prove that the first eigenvalue of the $\infty-$Laplacian $$ \left\{ \begin{array}{rclcl} \min\{ -\Delta_\infty v,\, |\nabla v|-\lambda_{1, \infty}(\Omega) v \} & = & 0 & \text{in} & \Omega v & = & 0 & \text{on} &…

Our purpose of this paper is to investigate positive solutions of the elliptic equation with regional fractional Laplacian $$ ( - \Delta )_{B_1}^s u +u= h(x,u) \quad {\rm in} \ \, B_1,\qquad u\in C_0(B_1), $$ where $( - \Delta )_{B_1}^s$…

The fractional Laplacian $(-\Delta)^{\alpha/2}$ is a non-local operator which depends on the parameter $\alpha$ and recovers the usual Laplacian as $\alpha \to 2$. A numerical method for the fractional Laplacian is proposed, based on the…

We consider stable solutions to the equation $ -\Delta_p u =f(u) $ in a smooth bounded domain $\Omega\subset\mathbb{R}^n $ for a $ C^1 $ nonlinearity $f$. Either in the radial case, or for some model nonlinearities $f$ in a general domain,…

We consider the $2m$-th order elliptic boundary value problem $Lu=f(x,u)$ on a bounded smooth domain $\Omega\subset\R^N$ with Dirichlet boundary conditions on $\partial\Omega$. The operator $L$ is a uniformly elliptic linear operator of…

We consider elliptic equations with non-Lipschitz nonlinearity $$ -\Delta u = \lambda |u|^{\beta-1}u-|u|^{\alpha-1}u$$ in a smooth bounded domain $\Omega \subset \mathbb{R}^n$, $n\geq 3$, with Dirichlet boundary conditions; here…

In this paper, we are concerned with stable solutions to the fractional elliptic equation $$ (-\Delta)^s u=e^u\mbox{ in }\mathbb R^{N}, $$ where $(-\Delta)^s$ is the fractional Laplacian with $0<s<1$. We establish the nonexistence of stable…

This paper is concerned with the numerical approximation of the $L^2$ Dirichlet eigenpairs of the operator $-\Delta + V$ on a simply connected $C^2$ bounded domain $\Omega \subset \mathbb{R}^2$ containing the origin, where $V$ is a radial…

This paper investigates the mathematical properties and numerical approximation of a class of nonlocal elliptic partial differential equations of the form \begin{equation*} -\Delta u + \lambda \, G(u) = f, \end{equation*} where $\Delta$…

In this paper, the theory of Gelfand problems is adapted to the 1--Laplacian setting. Concretely, we deal with the following problem \begin{equation*} \left\{\begin{array}{cc} -\Delta_1u=\lambda f(u) &\hbox{in }\Omega\,;\\[2mm] u=0…

We study a discretization technique for the parabolic fractional obstacle problem in bounded domains. The fractional Laplacian is realized as the Dirichlet-to-Neumann map for a nonuniformly elliptic equation posed on a semi-infinite…

In this paper, we study the positive solutions to the following singular and non local elliptic problem posed in a bounded and smooth domain $\Omega\subset \R^N$, $N> 2s$: % \begin{eqnarray*} (P_\lambda)\left\{\begin{array}{lll}…

We show that optimal $L^2$-convergence in the finite element method on quasi-uniform meshes can be achieved if, for some $s_0 > 1/2$, the boundary value problem has the mapping property $H^{-1+s} \rightarrow H^{1+s}$ for $s \in [0,s_0]$.…

In this article we address the regularity of stable solutions to semilinear elliptic equations $-\Delta u = f(u)$ with MEMS type nonlinearities. More precisely, we will have $0\leq u \leq 1$ in a domain $\Omega \subset \mathbb{R}^n$ and…

We present a numerical method for the approximation of the inverse of the fractional Laplacian $(-\Delta)^{s}$, based on its spectral definition, using rational functions to approximate the fractional power $A^{-s}$ of a matrix $A$, for…

We study a pseudo-differential equation driven by the degenerate fractional p-Laplacian, under Dirichlet type conditions in a smooth domain. First we show that the solution set within the order interval given by a sub-supersolution pair is…

This paper examines the solvability of the equation $\mathrm{div} \ \mathbf{u} = f$ with a zero Dirichlet boundary condition for $\mathbf{u}$. A classical result establishes that for a bounded domain $\Omega \subset \mathbb{R}^N$ with a…

We study the dependence of least nontrivial critical levels of the energy functional corresponding to the zero Dirichlet problem $-\Delta_p u = f(u)$ in a bounded domain $\Omega \subset \mathbb{R}^N$ upon domain perturbations. Assuming that…

In this paper we analyze the semi-linear fractional Laplace equation $$(-\Delta)^s u = f(u) \quad\text{ in } \mathbb{R}^N_+,\quad u=0 \quad\text{ in } \mathbb{R}^N\setminus \mathbb{R}^N_+,$$ where $\mathbb{R}^N_+=\{x=(x',x_N)\in…