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We study the radial symmetry properties of stationary and uniformly rotating solutions of the 2D Euler equation in the unit disc, both in the smooth setting and the patch setting. In the patch setting, we prove that every uniformly rotating…

In this paper, we consider the weighted fourth order equation $$\Delta(|x|^{-\alpha}\Delta u)+\lambda \text{div}(|x|^{-\alpha-2}\nabla u)+\mu|x|^{-\alpha-4}u=|x|^\beta u^p\quad \text{in} \quad \mathbb{R}^n \backslash \{0\},$$ where $n\geq…

In this paper, we prove the existence of non-radial solutions to the problem $-\triangle u=f(z,u)$, $u|_{\partial D}=0$ on the unit disc $D:=\{z\in \mathbb C : |z|<1\}$ with $u(z)\in \mathbb R^k$, where $f$ is a sub-linear continuous…

In this paper, we study the radial symmetry properties of stationary and uniformly-rotating solutions of the 2D Euler and gSQG equations, both in the smooth setting and the patch setting. For the 2D Euler equation, we show that any smooth…

We showed the existence of non-radial solutions of the equation $\Delta u -\lambda u + \lambda u^q =0$ on the round sphere $S^m$, for $q<2m/(m-2)$, and study the number of such solutions in terms of $\lambda$. We show that for any…

For positive functions $u\in C^{2}(\Omega) $, where $\Omega$ is an open subset of $\mathbb{R}^{n}$, the Symmetric Minimal Surface Equation (SME), is…

We prove that if u is a bounded smooth function in the kernel of a nonnegative Schrodinger operator $-L=-(\Delta +q)$ on a parabolic Riemannian manifold M, then u is either identically zero or it has no zeros on M, and the linear space of…

The necessary and sufficient conditions for a regular positive entire solution $u$ of the biharmonic equation: \begin{equation} \label{0.1} -\Delta^2 u=u^{-p} \;\; \mbox{in $\R^N \; (N \geq 3)$}, \;\; p>1 \end{equation} to be a radially…

We derive simple-to-evaluate, closed-form solutions to the inhomogeneous Helmholtz equation, $\Delta u + k^2 u = \chi_{B_{x_0,r}} $, the Schr\"odinger equation, $i\hbar \partial_t u + \frac{\hbar^2}{2m}\Delta u = 0$ with initial data…

The aim of this paper is to study radial symmetry and monotonicity properties for positive solution of elliptic equations involving the fractional Laplacian. We first consider the semi-linear Dirichlet problem (-\Delta)^{\alpha} u=f(u)+g,\…

Let $(\mathbf{u},\mathbf{B})$ be an axisymmetric self-similar solution to the stationary MHD equations with magnetic diffusion, of the form $\mathbf{u}=u^r(r,z)\mathbf{e}_{r}+u^{\theta}(r,z)\mathbf{e}_{\theta}+u^z(r,z)\mathbf{e}_{z}$ and…

We study conformally flat surfaces with prescribed Gaussian curvature, described by solutions $u$ of the PDE: $\Delta u(x)+K(x)\exp(2u(x))=0$, with $K(x)$ the Gauss curvature function at $x\in\RR^2$. We assume that the integral curvature is…

We prove that any uniformly rotating solution of the 2D incompressible Euler equation with compactly supported vorticity $\omega$ must be radially symmetric whenever its angular velocity satisfies $\Omega \in (-\infty,\inf \omega / 2] \cup…

Let $B_1$ be the unit ball in $\mathbb{R}^N$ with $N \geq 2$. Let $f\in C^1([0, \infty), \mathbb{R})$, $f(0)=0$, $f(\beta) = \beta, \ f(s)<s\ \text{for}\ s\in (0,\beta), \ f(s)>s\ \text{for}\ s\in (\beta, \infty)$ and…

The Willmore energy of a closed surface in R^n is the integral of its squared mean curvature, and is invariant uner M\"obius transformations of R^n. We show that any torus in R^3 with energy at most $8 \pi-delta$ has a representative under…

We will extend a recent result of B.~Choi and P.~Daskalopoulos (\cite{CD}). For any $n\ge 3$, $0<m<\frac{n-2}{n}$, $m\ne\frac{n-2}{n+2}$, $\beta>0$ and $\lambda>0$, we prove the higher order expansion of the radially symmetric solution…

Let $n\geq 3$, $0\le m<\frac{n-2}{n}$, $\rho_1>0$, $\beta>\beta_0^{(m)}=\frac{m\rho_1}{n-2-nm}$, $\alpha_m=\frac{2\beta+\rho_1}{1-m}$ and $\alpha=2\beta+\rho_1$. For any $\lambda>0$, we prove the uniqueness of radially symmetric solution…

We consider the generalized parabolic Cahn-Hilliard equation $$ u_t=-\Delta\left[\Delta u -W'(u)\right]+W''(u)\left[\Delta u -W'(u)\right] \qquad \forall\, (t, x)\in \widetilde{{\mathbb R}}\times{\mathbb R}^n, $$ where $n=2$ or $n\geq 4$,…

Let $n\ge 3$, $0<m<\frac{n-2}{n}$, $\eta>0$, $\eta_0>0$, $\rho_1>0$, $-\frac{\rho_1}{2}<\beta<\frac{m\rho_1}{n-2-nm}$ and $\alpha=\frac{2\beta+\rho_1}{1-m}$. We will prove the existence of radially symmetric solution of the equation…

Let $G=(V, E)$ be a connected finite graph, $h$ be a positive function on $V$ and $\lambda _{1}(V)$ be the first non-zero eigenvalue of $-\Delta$. For any given finite measure $\mu$ on $V$, define functionals \begin{eqnarray*} J_{ \beta…