Related papers: General uniqueness results for large solutions

We prove the uniqueness property for a class of entire solutions to the equation \begin{equation*} \left\{ \begin{array}{ll} -{\rm div}\, \mathcal{A}(x,\nabla u) = \sigma, \quad u\geq 0 \quad \text{in } \mathbb{R}^n, \\…

Given a function $f : A \to \mathbb{R}^n$ of a certain regularity defined on some open subset $A \subseteq \mathbb{R}^m$, it is a classical problem of analysis to investigate whether the function can be extended to all of $\mathbb{R}^m$ in…

Let $\Omega\subset\mathbb{R}^2$ be a smooth bounded domain with $0\in\partial\Omega$. In this paper, we prove that for any $\beta\in(0,1)$, the supremum $$\sup_{u\in W^{1,2}(\Omega), \int_\Omega u dx=0, \int_\Omega|\nabla…

The paper concerns with positive solutions of problems of the type $-\Delta u+a(x)\, u=u^{p-1}+\varepsilon u^{2^*-1}$ in $\Omega\subseteq\mathbb{R}^N$, $N\ge 3$, $2^*={2N\over N-2}$, $2<p<2^*$. Here $\Omega$ can be an exterior domain, i.e.…

We deal with existence and uniqueness of positive solutions of an elliptic boundary value problem modeled by \begin{equation*} \begin{cases} \displaystyle -\Delta_p u= \frac{f}{u^\gamma} + g u^q & \mbox{in $\Omega$,} \\ u = 0 & \mbox{on…

In this paper we show the uniqueness of the critical point for \emph{semi-stable} solutions of the problem $$\begin{cases} -\Delta u=f(u)&\text{in }\Omega\\ u>0&\text{in }\Omega\\ u=0&\text{on } \partial\Omega,\end{cases}$$ where…

In this article we prove existence, uniqueness and regularity for the singular equation \begin{eqnarray*} \begin{cases} |\nabla u|^{\alpha}(F(D^{2}u)+h(x)\cdot\nabla u)+c(x)|u|^{\alpha}u+p(x)u^{-\gamma}=0 \ \mbox{ in } \ \Omega\\ u>0 \…

We show global uniqueness of the solution to a class of constrained variational problems, using scaling properties. This is used to establish the essential uniqueness of solutions of a large deviations problem in multiple dimensions. The…

We study properties of the semilinear elliptic equation $\Delta u = 1/u$ on domains in $R^n$, with an eye toward nonnegative singular solutions as limits of positive smooth solutions. We prove the nonexistence of such solutions in low…

Let $\Omega\subset {\bf R}^n$ be a smooth bounded domain. In this paper, we prove a result of which the following is a by-product: Let $q\in ]0,1[$, $\alpha\in L^{\infty}(\Omega)$, with $\alpha>0$, and $k\in {\bf N}$. Then, the problem…

We review the indefinite sublinear elliptic equation $-\Delta u=a(x)u^{q}$ in a smooth bounded domain $\Omega\subset\mathbb{R}^{N}$, with Dirichlet or Neumann homogeneous boundary conditions. Here $0<q<1$ and $a$ is continuous and changes…

Given a smooth domain $\Omega\subset\RR^N$ such that $0 \in \partial\Omega$ and given a nonnegative smooth function $\zeta$ on $\partial\Omega$, we study the behavior near 0 of positive solutions of $-\Delta u=u^q$ in $\Omega$ such that $u…

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…

Let A be a commutative domain containing Z which is finitely generated as a Z-algebra, and let a,b,c be non-zero elements of A. It follows from work of Siegel, Mahler, Parry and Lang that the equation (*) ax+by=c has only finitely many…

We examine the regularity of the extremal solution of the nonlinear eigenvalue problem $\Delta^2 u = \lambda f(u)$ on a general bounded domain $\Omega$ in $ \IR^N$, with the Navier boundary condition $ u=\Delta u =0 $ on $ \pOm$. Here $…

We study the generalized boundary value problem for nonnegative solutions of of $-\Delta u+g(u)=0$ in a bounded Lipschitz domain $\Omega$, when $g$ is continuous and nondecreasing. Using the harmonic measure of $\Omega$, we define a trace…

We study the following quasilinear elliptic equation $$ -\Delta_p u + (\beta\Phi(x)-a(x)) u^{p-1} + b(x)g(u)=0 \quad \text{in } \mathbb{R}^N \quad \quad \quad (P_\beta) $$ where $p>1$, $\Phi \in L^\infty_{loc}(\mathbb{R}^N)$, $a,b \in…

In this paper we study the zero-flux chemotaxis-system \begin{equation*} \begin{cases} u_t=\Delta u -\chi \nabla \cdot (\frac{u}{v} \nabla v) \\ v_t=\Delta v-f(u)v \end{cases} \end{equation*} in a smooth and bounded domain $\Omega$ of…

We consider the equation $-\epsilon^{2}\Delta u + u = u^ {p}$ in a bounded domain $\Omega\subset\R^{3}$ with edges. We impose Neumann boundary conditions, assuming $1<p<5$, and prove concentration of solutions at suitable points of…

A holomorphic function f on a simply connected domain {\Omega} is said to possess a universal Taylor series about a point in {\Omega} if the partial sums of that series approximate arbitrary polynomials on arbitrary compacta K outside…