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Let $f\in C^1(\mathbb{R})$. We study stable solutions $u$ of the mean curvature equation \[ \operatorname{div}\left( \frac{\nabla u}{\sqrt{1+|\nabla u|^2}} \right) = -f(u) \qquad \text{in}\ \Omega \subset \mathbb{R}^n. \] In the local…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2026-02-13 Fanheng Xu

Answering a question by M. Struwe (Vietnam J. Math. 2020) related to the blow-up behaviour in the Nirenberg problem, we show that the prescribed $Q$-curvature equation $$\Delta^2 u=(1-|x|^p)e^{4u}\text{ in }\mathbb{R}^4,\quad…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2020-10-20 Ali Hyder , Luca Martinazzi

We give a complete classification of solutions bounded from above of the Liouville equation $$-\Delta u=e^{2u}\quad\mbox{in}\quad {\mathbf{R}}^2.$$ More generally, solutions in the class $$N:=\{ u:\limsup_{z\to\infty}…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-02-26 Alexandre Eremenko , Changfeng Gui , Qinfeng Li , Lu Xu

In this paper we classify the solutions to the geometric Neumann problem for the Liouville equation in the upper half-plane or an upper half-disk, with the energy condition given by finite area. As a result, we classify the conformal…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2015-03-19 Jose A. Galvez , Asun Jimenez , Pablo Mira

We construct multiple solutions to the nonlocal Liouville equation \begin{equation} \label{eqk} \tag{L} (-\Delta)^{\frac{1}{2}} u = K(x) e^u \quad \mbox{ in } \mathbb{R}. \end{equation} More precisely, for $K$ of the form $K(x) =…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2023-04-07 Luca Battaglia , Matteo Cozzi , Antonio J. Fernández , Angela Pistoia

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

We study the polyharmonic problem $\Delta^m u = \pm e^u$ in ${\mathbb R}^{2m}$, with $m \geq 2$. In particular, we prove that {\sl for any} $V > 0$, there exist radial solutions of $\Delta^m u = -e^u$ such that $$\int_{{\mathbb R}^{2m}} e^u…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2015-12-10 Xia Huang , Dong Ye

In this paper, we study the isolated singularities of the conformal Gaussian curvature equation \[ -\Delta u = K(x) e^{u} \quad ~ in ~ B_{1} \setminus \{ 0 \}, \] where $B_1 \setminus \{ 0 \} \subset \mathbb{R}^2$ is the punctured unit…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-02-13 Hui Yang , Ronghao Yang

We prove nonuniqueness results for constant sixth order $Q$-metrics on complete locally conformally flat $n$-dimensional Riemannian manifolds with $n\geqslant 7$. More precisely, assuming a positive Green function exists for the sixth order…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2023-07-03 João Henrique Andrade , Paolo Piccione , Juncheng Wei

In this paper, we investigate positive solutions to a class of Laplace equations with a gradient term on a complete, connected, and noncompact Riemannian manifold \((M^n,g)\) with nonnegative Ricci curvature, namely \[-\Delta u =…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-11-26 Jingbo Dou , Benfeng Shi , Tian Wu , Hua Zhu

On a smooth, closed Riemannian manifold $(M,g)$ of dimension $n\ge3$ with positive scalar curvature and not conformally diffeomorphic to the standard sphere, we prove that the only conformal metrics to $g$ with constant Q-curvature of order…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2024-02-23 Jérôme Vétois

We study blow-up and quantization phenomena for a sequence of solutions $(u_k)$ to the prescribed $Q$-curvature problem $$ (-\Delta)^nu_k= Q_ke^{2nu_k}\quad \text{in }\Omega\subset\mathbb{R}^{2n},\quad \int_{\Omega}e^{2nu_k}dx\leq C,$$…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2020-01-24 Ali Hyder

We consider the Paneitz-type equation $\Delta^2 u -\alpha \Delta u +\beta (u-u^q ) =0$ on a closed Riemannian manifold $(M,g)$. We reduce the equation to a fourth-order ordinary differential equation assuming that $(M,g)$ admits a proper…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2023-12-05 Jurgen Julio-Batalla , Jimmy Petean

We study the quasilinear elliptic equation \begin{equation*} -Qu=e^u \ \ \text{in} \ \ \Omega\subset \mathbb{R}^{N} \end{equation*} where the operator $Q$, known as Finsler-Laplacian (or anisotropic Laplacian), is defined by…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2020-08-12 Mostafa Fazly , Yuan Li

We derive local estimates of positive solutions to the conformal $Q$-curvature equation $$ (-\Delta)^m u = K(x) u^{\frac{n+2m}{n-2m}} ~~~~~~ in ~ \Omega \backslash \Lambda $$ near their singular set $\Lambda$, where $\Omega \subset…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2021-07-12 Tianling Jin , Hui Yang

Let $ 0\le f\in C^{0,1}(\mathbb R^n)$. Given a domain $\Omega\subset \mathbb R^n$, we prove that any stable solution to the equation $-\Delta u=f(u)$ in $\Omega$ satisfies a BMO interior regularity when $n=10$, and an Morrey…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2024-11-06 Fa Peng , Yi Ru-Ya Zhang , Yuan Zhou

In this note, we study Liouville type theorem for conformal Gaussian curvature equation (also called the mean field equation) $$ -\Delta u=K(x)e^u, in R^2 $$ where $K(x)$ is a smooth function on $R^2$. When $K(x)=K(x_1)$ is a sign-changing…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2009-08-18 Li Ma , Yihong Du

We prove new one-dimensional symmetry results for non-negative solutions, possibly unbounded, to the semilinear equation $ -\Delta u= f(u)$ in the upper half-space $\mathbb{R}^{N}_{+}$. Some Liouville-type theorems are also proven in the…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-09-11 Nicolas Beuvin , Alberto Farina

We prove general uniqueness results for radial solutions of linear and nonlinear equations involving the fractional Laplacian $(-\Delta)^s$ with $s \in (0,1)$ for any space dimensions $N \geq 1$. By extending a monotonicity formula found by…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2015-03-24 Rupert L. Frank , Enno Lenzmann , Luis Silvestre

We consider axially symmetric static metrics in arbitrary dimension, both with and without a cosmological constant. The most obvious such solutions have an SO(n) group of Killing vectors representing the axial symmetry, although one can…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-11-10 Christos Charmousis , Ruth Gregory