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We study existence, multiplicity and qualitative properties of entire solutions for a noncompact problem related to p-biharmonic type equations with weights. More precisely, we deal with the following family of equations $$ \Delta_{p}^2 u =…

In this paper we consider classical solutions $u$ of the semilinear fractional problem $(-\Delta)^s u = f(u)$ in $\mathbb{R}^N_+$ with $u=0$ in $\mathbb{R}^N \setminus \mathbb{R}^N_+$, where $(-\Delta)^s$, $0<s<1$, stands for the fractional…

We analyze the semilinear elliptic equation $\Delta u=\rho(x) f(u)$, $u>0$ in ${\mathbf R}^D$ $(D\ge3)$, with a particular emphasis put on the qualitative study of entire large solutions, that is, solutions $u$ such that…

In this work we study the nonnegative solutions of the elliptic system \Delta u=|x|^{a}v^{\delta}, \Delta v=|x|^{b}u^{\mu} in the superlinear case \mu \delta>1, which blow up near the boundary of a domain of R^{N}, or at one isolated point.…

We study the following semilinear biharmonic equation $$ \left\{\begin{array}{lllllll} \Delta^{2}u=\frac{\lambda}{1-u}, &\quad \mbox{in}\quad \B, u=\frac{\partial u}{\partial n}=0, &\quad \mbox{on}\quad \partial\B, \end{array} \right.…

We prove the nonexistence of smooth stable solution to the biharmonic problem $\Delta^2 u= u^p$, $u>0$ in $\R^N$ for $1 < p < \infty$ and $N < 2(1 + x_0)$, where $x_0$ is the largest root of the following equation: $$x^4 -…

We consider the second order semilinear elliptic system $\Delta u= p\left( x\right) v^\alpha,$ $\Delta v= q\left(x\right) u^\beta,$ where $x \in \mathbf{R}^N,$ $N \geq 3,$ $\alpha$ and $\beta$ are positive constants, $p$ and $q$ are…

In this paper, we are interested in entire, non-trivial, non-negative solutions and/or entire, positive solutions to the simplest models of polyharmonic equations with power-type nonlinearity \[ \Delta^m u = \pm u^{\alpha} \quad \text{ in }…

We prove the existence of non-radial entire solution to $$\Delta^2 u+u^{-q}=0\quad\text{in }\mathbb{R}^3,\quad u>0,$$ for $q>1$. This answers an open question raised by P. J. McKenna and W. Reichel (E. J. D. E. \textbf{37} (2003) 1-13).

In this paper we prove some symmetry results for entire solutions to the semilinear equation $-\Delta u=f(u)$, with $f$ nonincreasing in a right neighbourhood of the origin. We consider solutions decaying only in some directions and we give…

We give a new bound on the exponent for the nonexistence of stable solutions to the biharmonic problem $$\Delta^2u=u^p,\quad u>0 in \mathbb{R}^n $$ where $p>1, n \geq 20$.

We consider the semilinear elliptic equation $$ -\Delta u = |x|^\alpha u^p \quad \hbox{in } \mathbb{R}^N, $$ where $N\ge 3$, $\alpha>-2$ and $p>1$. We show that there are no positive solutions provided that the exponent $p$ additionally…

We study the regularity of the extremal solution of the semilinear biharmonic equation $\beta \Delta^2 u-\tau \Delta u=\frac{\lambda}{(1-u)^2}$ on a ball $B \subset \R^N$, under Navier boundary conditions $u=\Delta u=0$ on $\partial B$,…

We study the existence/nonexistence of positive solution to the problem of the type: \begin{equation}\tag{$P_{\lambda}$} \begin{cases} \Delta^2u-\mu a(x)u=f(u)+\lambda b(x)\quad\textrm{in $\Omega$,}\\ u>0 \quad\textrm{in $\Omega$,}\\…

In this paper we prove the nonexistence of nontrivial solution to \begin{equation*} \begin{cases} -\Delta u =f(u) &\text{in }\Omega, \\ u=0 &\text{on } \partial \Omega, \end{cases} \end{equation*} being $\Omega \subset \mathbb{R}^N$ ($N\in…

We investigate symmetry properties of solutions to equations of the form $$ -\Delta u = \frac{a}{|x|^2} u + f(|x|, u)$$ in R^N for $N \geq 4$, with at most critical nonlinearities. By using geometric arguments, we prove that solutions with…

We consider the biharmonic equation $\Delta^2 u = u^\alpha$ in $\mathbf R^n$ with $n \geqslant 1$. It was proved that this equation has a positive classical solution if, and only if, either $\alpha \leqslant 1$ with $n \geqslant 1$ or…

A celebrated result by Gidas, Ni & Nirenberg asserts that positive classical solutions, decaying at infinity, to semilinear equations $\Delta u +f(u)=0$ in $\mathbb{R}^n$ must be radial and radially decreasing. In this paper, we consider…

There exists an exponentially decreasing function $f$ such that any singly $2\pi$-periodic positive solution $u$ of $-\Delta u +u-u^p=0$ in $[0,2\pi]\times \R^{N-1}$ verifies $u(x_1,x')\leq f(|x'|)$. We prove that with the same period and…