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In this paper, we study the existence of radial and nonradial solutions to the scalar field equations with fractional operators. For radial solutions, we prove the existence of infinitely many solutions under $N \geq 2$. We also show the…

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We study the existence and stability of cosmological scaling solutions of a non-minimally coupled scalar field evolving in either an exponential or inverse power law potential. We show that for inverse power law potentials there exist…

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We are interested in the multiplicity of solutions to the following scalar field equation $$ -\Delta u - \frac{(N-2)^2}{4|x|^2} u = g(u), \quad \mbox{in } \mathbb{R}^N \setminus \{0\}. $$ We establish the existence of infinitely many radial…

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We investigate self-similar scalar field solutions to the Einstein equations in whole cylinder symmetry. Imposing self-similarity on the spacetime gives rise to a set of single variable functions describing the metric. Furthermore, it is…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2013-10-07 Eoin Condron , Brien C. Nolan

We investigate the existence of positive solutions to fractional equations presenting a double criticality: a multi-polar Hardy-type potential and a Sobolev critical nonlinearity. The nonlocal nature of the operator and the absence of…

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We give an alternative proof of the nonuniqueness of weak solutions to the surface quasigeostrophic equation (SQG) first shown in [Buckmaster-Shkoller-Vicol, '16]. Our approach proceeds directly at the level of the scalar field.…

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In this paper, we prove new existence and multiplicity results for critical points of lower semicontinuous functionals in Banach spaces, complementing the nonsmooth critical point theory set forth by Szulkin and avoiding the need of the…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2026-03-11 Jaeyoung Byeon , Norihisa Ikoma , Andrea Malchiodi , Luciano Mari

We prove the stability of the Einstein-scalar field Lichnerowicz equation under subcritical perturbations of the critical nonlinearity in dimensions 3, 4 and 5. As a consequence, we obtain the existence of a second solution to the equation…

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Homothetic scalar field collapse is considered in this article. By making a suitable choice of variables the equations are reduced to an autonomous system. Then using a combination of numerical and analytic techniques it is shown that there…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-10-22 Patrick R Brady

We prove existence and multiplicity results for finite energy solutions to the nonlinear elliptic equation \[ -\triangle u+V\left( \left| x\right| \right) u=g\left( \left| x\right| ,u\right) \quad \textrm{in }\Omega \subseteq…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2016-12-08 Marino Badiale , Michela Guida , Sergio Rolando

We establish the existence of a positive solution to the problem $$-\Delta u+V(x)u=f(u),\qquad u\in D^{1,2}(\mathbb{R}^{N}),$$ for $N\geq3$, when the nonlinearity $f$ is subcritical at infinity and supercritical near the origin, and the…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2017-11-15 Mónica Clapp , Liliane A. Maia

We study the existence of nonnegative solutions (and ground states) to the nonlinear Schr\"{o}dinger equation in $\mathbb{R}^N$ with radial potentials and super-linear or sub-linear nonlinearities. The potentials satisfy power type…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2016-12-08 Michela Guida , Sergio Rolando

We investigate the existence and multiplicity of solutions to the following $p(x)$-Laplacian problem in $\mathbb{R}^{N}$ via critical point theory \begin{equation*} \left\{ \begin{array}{l} -\bigtriangleup _{p(x)}u+V(x)\left\vert…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2016-07-05 Li Yin , Jinghua Yao , Qihu Zhang , Chunshan Zhao

We investigate the presence of localized solutions in models described by a single real scalar field with generalized dynamics. The study offers a method to solve very intricate nonlinear ordinary differential equations, and we illustrate…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2014-03-17 D. Bazeia , L. Losano , R. Menezes

Goal of this paper is to study positive semiclassical solutions of the nonlinear Schr\"odinger equation $$ \varepsilon^{2s}(- \Delta)^s u+ V(x) u= f(u), \quad x \in \mathbb{R}^N,$$ where $s \in (0,1)$, $N \geq 2$, $V \in…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-06-24 Marco Gallo

We derive explicit ground state solutions for several equations with the $p$-Laplacian in $R^n$, including (here $\varphi (z)=z|z|^{p-2}$, with $p>1$) \[ \varphi \left(u'(r)\right)' +\frac{n-1}{r} \varphi \left(u'(r)\right)+u^M+u^Q=0 \,. \]…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2016-06-27 Philip Korman

Given $k\in\mathbb N$, we define a class of continuous piecewise functions $f$ having abrupt but controlled magnitude changes so that the problem $$\Delta u +f(u)=0,\quad x\in \mathbb R^N, N> 2, $$ has at least $k$ radially symmetric ground…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2022-10-07 Carmen Cortázar , Marta García-Huidobro , Pilar Herreros

In this paper, we are concerned with the multiplicity of nontrivial solutions for the following class of complex problems $$ (-i\nabla - A(\mu x))^{2}u= \mu |u|^{q-2}u + |u|^{2^{*}-2}u \ \mbox{in} \ \Omega, \ \ \ \ u \in…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2013-04-18 Claudianor O. Alves , Giovany M. Figueiredo

We consider in the whole plane the Hamiltonian coupling of semilinear Schroedinger equations which have critical growth in the sense of Moser. We prove that the (nonempty) set S of ground state solutions is compact up to translations.…

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