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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…

In this paper we study the problem -\Delta u =\left(\frac{2+\alpha}{2}\right)^2\abs{x}^{\alpha}f(\lambda,u), & \hbox{in}B_1 \\ u > 0, & \hbox{in}B_1 u = 0, & \hbox{on} \partial B_1 where $B_1$ is the unit ball of $\R^2$, $f$ is a smooth…

In this manuscript we consider semilinear PDEs, with a convex nonlinearity, in a sector-like domain. Using cylindrical coordinates $(r, \theta, z)$, we investigate the shape of solutions whose derivative in $\theta$ vanishes at the…

We consider positive solutions, possibly unbounded, to the semilinear equation $-\Delta u=f(u)$ on continuous epigraphs bounded from below. Under the homogeneous Dirichlet boundary condition, we prove new monotonicity results for $u$, when…

We consider positive solutions to $\displaystyle -\Delta_p u=\frac{1}{u^\gamma}+f(u)$ under zero Dirichlet condition in the half space. Exploiting a prio-ri estimates and the moving plane technique, we prove that any solution is monotone…

We consider non-autonomous semilinear elliptic equations of the type \[ -\Delta u = |x|^{\alpha} f(u), \ \ x \in \Omega, \ \ u=0 \quad \text{on} \ \ \partial \Omega, \] where $\Omega \subset {\mathbb R}^2$ is either a ball or an annulus…

We consider the equation \[ -\Delta u = |x|^{\alpha} |u|^{p-1}u, \ \ x \in B, \ \ u=0 \quad \text{on} \ \ \partial B, \] where $B \subset {\mathbb R}^2$ is the unit ball centered at the origin, $\alpha \geq0$, $p>1$, and we prove some…

We consider nonnegative solutions to $-\Delta u=f(u)$ in half-planes and strips, under zero Dirichlet boundary condition. Exploiting a rotating$\&$sliding line technique, we prove symmetry and monotonicity properties of the solutions, under…

We investigate nodal radial solutions to semilinear problems of type \[\begin{cases}-\Delta u = f(|x|,u) \qquad & \text{ in } \Omega, \newline u= 0 & \text{ on } \partial \Omega, \end{cases} \] where $\Omega$ is a bounded radially symmetric…

In this paper, we study semilinear fractional equations $$(-\Delta)^s u(x) = f(u(x))$$ in a half-space and prove that all positive solutions are strictly increasing in the $x_n$-direction. Previous results typically require the solution $u$…

We consider the problem of multiplicity and uniqueness of radial solutions of a nonlinear elliptic equation of the form \begin{eqnarray*} \begin{gathered} \Delta u +f(u)=0,\quad x\in \mathbb{R}^N, N\geq 2, \lim\limits_{|x|\to\infty}u(x)=0.…

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,\…

We give a simple proof of the fact that for a large class of quasilinear elliptic equations and systems the solutions that minimize the corresponding energy in the set of all solutions are radially symmetric. We require just continuous…

We consider classical solutions to $-\Delta u = f(u)$ in half-spaces, under homogeneous Dirichlet boundary conditions. We prove that any positive solution is strictly monotone increasing in the direction orthogonal to the boundary, provided…

We investigate here the degenerate bi-harmonic equation: $$\Delta_{m}^2 u=f(x,u)\; \;\;\mbox{in} \O,\quad u = \Delta u = 0\quad \mbox{on }\; \p\Omega,$$ with $m\ge 2,$ and also the degenerate tri-harmonic equation: $$ -\Delta_{m}^3…

We prove the monotonicity of positive solutions to the problem $-\Delta u = f(u)$ in $\mathbb{R}^N_+ := \{(x',x_N)\in\mathbb{R}^N \mid x_N>0 \}$ under zero Dirichlet boundary condition with a possible singular nonlinearity $f$. In some…

In this paper we prove an existence result to the problem $$\left\{\begin{array}{ll} -\Delta u = |u|^{p-1} u \qquad & \text{in} \Omega, \\ u= 0 & \text{on} \partial\Omega, \end{array} \right. $$ where $\Omega$ is a bounded domain in…

We study positive solutions to the problem $-\Delta_p u + \vartheta |\nabla u|^q = \frac{1}{u^\gamma} + f(u)$ in $\mathbb{R}^N_+$ with the zero Dirichlet boundary condition, where $p>1$, $\gamma>0$, $0<q\le p$, $\vartheta\ge0$ and…

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 study existence of nontrivial solutions to problem \begin{equation*} \left\lbrace \begin{array}{rcll} -\Delta u &=& \lambda u+f(u)&\text{ in }\Omega,\\ u&=&0&\text{ on }\partial \Omega, \end{array}\right. \end{equation*} where $\Omega…