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The purpose of this paper is to study the solutions of $$ \Delta u +K(x) e^{2u}=0 \quad{\rm in}\;\; \mathbb{R}^2 $$ with $K\le 0$. We introduce the following quantity: $$\alpha_p(K)=\sup\left\{\alpha \in \mathbb{R}:\, \int_{\mathbb{R}^2}…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2019-03-05 Huyuan Chen , Feng Zhou , Dong Ye

We consider the following prescribed $Q$-curvature problem \begin{equation}\label{uno} \begin{cases} \Delta^2 u=(1-|x|^p)e^{4u}, \quad\text{on}\,\,\mathbb{R}^4\\ \Lambda:=\int_{\mathbb{R}^4}(1-|x|^p)e^{4u}dx<\infty. \end{cases}…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2023-11-15 Chiara Bernardini

In this paper, we consider the following curvature equation $$\Delta u+{\rm e}^u=4\pi\biggl((\theta_0-1)\delta_0+(\theta_1-1)\delta_1 +\sum_{j=1}^{n+m}\bigl(\theta_j'-1\bigr)\delta_{t_j}\biggr)\qquad \text{in}\ \mathbb R^2,$$…

Classical Analysis and ODEs · Mathematics 2024-05-21 Zhijie Chen , Chang-Shou Lin , Yifan Yang

Using minimal hypersurfaces, we obtain topological obstructions to admitting complete metrics with positive scalar curvature on a given class of non-compact n-manifolds with n less than 8. We show that the Liouville theorem for a locally…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2020-09-29 Martin Lesourd , Ryan Unger , Shing-Tung Yau

We study characteristic Cauchy problems for the Korteweg-deVries (KdV) equation $u_t=uu_x+u_{xxx}$, and the Kadomtsev-Petviashvili (KP) equation $u_{yy}=\bigl(u_{xxx}+uu_x+u_t\bigr)_x$ with holomorphic initial data possessing nonnegative…

solv-int · Physics 2007-05-23 Nalini Joshi , Johannes A. Petersen , Luke M. Schubert

In this paper, we consider the mean curvature flow of entire Lagrangian graphs with initial data in the pseudo-Euclidean space, which is related to the special Lagrangian parabolic equation. We show that the parabolic equation \eqref{11}…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2024-10-24 Shanshan Li , Jiaru Lv , Rongli Huang

We prove that there exists the unique odd meromorphic solution of dP3, $u(\tau)$ such that $u(0)=0$, and study some of its properties, mainly: the coefficients of its Taylor expansion at the origin and asymptotic behaviour as…

Classical Analysis and ODEs · Mathematics 2019-06-19 Alexander V. Kitaev

It is shown that for each finite number of Dirac measures supported at points $s_n$ in three-dimensional Euclidean space, with given amplitudes $a_n$, there exists a unique real-valued Lipschitz function $u$, vanishing at infinity, which…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2019-01-04 Michael K. -H. Kiessling

We establish several nonuniqueness results for the problem of finding complete conformal metrics with constant (fourth-order) $Q$-curvature on compact and noncompact manifolds of dimension $\geq5$. Infinitely many branches of metrics with…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2021-05-14 Renato G. Bettiol , Paolo Piccione , Yannick Sire

We generalize classical theorems due to Lichnerowicz and Hitchin on the existence of Riemannian metrics of positive scalar curvature on spin manifolds to the case of foliated spin manifolds. As a consequence, we show that there is no…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2018-02-08 Weiping Zhang

We establish -among other things- existence and multiplicity of solutions for the Dirichlet problem $\sum_i\partial_{ii}u+\frac{|u|^{\crit-2}u}{|x|^s}=0$ on smooth bounded domains $\Omega$ of $ \rn$ ($n\geq 3$) involving the critical…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Nassif Ghoussoub , Frederic Robert

We prove that there exists no branched cover from the torus to the sphere with degree 3h and 3 branching points in the target with local degrees (3,...,3), (3,...,3), (4,2,3,...,3) at their preimages. The result was already established by…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2018-05-02 Tom Ferragut , Carlo Petronio

We provide an explicit resolution of the Abreu equation on convex labeled quadrilaterals. This confirms a conjecture of Donaldson in this particular case and implies a complete classification of the explicit toric K\"ahler-Einstein and…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2011-12-15 Eveline Legendre

The anisotropic Ginzburg-Landau system \[ \Delta u+\delta\, \nabla (\mathrm{div}\: u) +\delta\, \mathrm{curl}^*(\mathrm{curl}\: u)=(|u|^2-1) u, \] for $u\colon\mathbb R^2\to\mathbb R^2$ and $\delta\in (-1,1)$, models the formation of…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2022-06-08 Michał Kowalczyk , Xavier Lamy , Panayotis Smyrnelis

In this paper, we study asymptotic expansions of positive solutions of the conformal scalar curvature equation $$ - \Delta u = K(x) u^\frac{n + 2}{n - 2} ~~~~~~ \textmd{in} ~ B_1 \setminus \{ 0 \} $$ with an isolated singularity at the…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2024-02-27 Xusheng Du , Hui Yang

We are concerned with the following Schr\"odinger-Newton problem \begin{equation} -\varepsilon^2\Delta u+V(x)u=\frac{1}{8\pi \varepsilon^2} \big(\int_{\mathbb R^3}\frac{u^2(\xi)}{|x-\xi|}d\xi\big)u,~x\in \mathbb R^3. \end{equation} For…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2017-03-03 Peng Luo , Shuangjie Peng , Chunhua Wang

In this paper, we mainly investigate the set of critical points associated to solutions of mean curvature equation with zero Dirichlet boundary condition in a strictly convex domain and a nonconvex domain respectively. Firstly, we deduce…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2017-12-25 Haiyun Deng , Hairong Liu , Long Tian

In this paper we investigate the behavior and the existence of positive and non-radially symmetric solutions to nonlinear exponential elliptic model problems defined on a solid torus $\bar{T}$ of $\mathbb{R}^3$, when data are invariant…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2012-02-07 Athanase Cotsiolis , Nikos Labropoulos

We generalise and sharpen several recent results in the literature regarding the existence and complete classification of the isolated singularities for a broad class of nonlinear elliptic equations of the form \begin{equation} -{\rm…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2016-02-12 Ting-Ying Chang , Florica Cîrstea

Let $n\ge 3$, $0<m<\frac{n-2}{n}$, $\gamma>0$ and $\eta>0$. Suppose either (i) $\alpha\ne 0$ and $\beta=0$ or (ii) $\alpha\in\mathbb{R}$ and $\beta\ne 0$ holds. We will study the elliptic equation $\Delta (f^m/m)+\alpha f+\beta x\cdot\nabla…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-04-08 Shu-Yu Hsu