Related papers: Constant $Q$-curvature metrics with a singularity

The aim of this paper is to give not only an explicit upper bound of the total Q-curvature but also an induced isoperimetric deficit formula for the complete conformal metrics on $\mathbb R^n$, $n\ge 3$ with scalar curvature being…

We consider a class of equations in divergence form with a singular/degenerate weight $$-\mathrm{div}(|y|^a A(x,y)\nabla u)=|y|^a f(x,y)\; \quad\textrm{or} \ \textrm{div}(|y|^aF(x,y))\;.$$ Under suitable regularity assumptions for the…

In this paper, we study the prescribed $Q$-curvature problem on closed four-dimensional Riemannian manifolds when the total integral of the $Q$-curvature is a positive integer multiple of the one of the four-dimensional round sphere. This…

On a manifold $(\mathbb{R}^n, e^{2u} |dx|^2)$, we say $u$ is normal if the $Q$-curvature equation that $u$ satisfies $(-\Delta)^{\frac{n}{2}} u = Q_g e^{nu}$ can be written as the integral form $u(x)=\frac{1}{c_n}\int_{\mathbb…

In this paper, we establish Liouville type theorems for stable solutions on the whole space $\mathbb R^N$ to the fractional elliptic equation $$(-\Delta)^su=f(u)$$ where the nonlinearity is nondecreasing and convex. We also obtain a…

We study the constant curvature solutions of the minimal massive gravity (MMGR). After introducing a condition on the physical and the fiducial metrics as well as the Stuckelberg scalars which truncates the action to the Einstein-Hilbert…

We consider a class of equations in divergence form with a singular/degenerate weight $$ -\mathrm{div}(|y|^a A(x,y)\nabla u)=|y|^a f(x,y)+\textrm{div}(|y|^aF(x,y))\;. $$ Under suitable regularity assumptions for the matrix $A$, the forcing…

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 study the conformal metrics on $\R^{2m}$ with constant Q-curvature $Q$ having finite volume, particularly in the case $Q\leq 0$. We show that when $Q<0$ such metrics exist in $\R^{2m}$ if and only if $m>1$. Moreover we study their…

We prove a new, universal gradient continuity estimate for solutions to quasilinear equations with varying coefficients at points on its critical singular set of degeneracy $S(u) := \{X : D u(X) = 0 \}$. Our main Theorem reveals that along…

In this paper, we prove that if $u$ is a solution to the Liouville equation \begin{align} \label{scalliouville} \Delta u+e^{2u} =0 \quad \mbox{in $\mathbb{R}^2$,} \end{align}then the diameter of $\mathbb{R}^2$ under the conformal metric…

We prove some general results on the existence and uniqueness of solutions to the Liouville equation. Then, we discuss the sharpness and possible generalizations. Finally, we give several applications, arising in both mathematics and…

We obtain existence results for the $Q$-curvature equation of order $2k$ on a closed Riemannian manifold of dimension $n\ge 2k+1$, where $k\ge1$ is an integer. We obtain these results under the assumptions that the Yamabe invariant of order…

We classify stable and finite Morse index solutions to general semilinear elliptic equations posed in Euclidean space of dimension at most 10, or in some unbounded domains.

Given a smooth function $K(x)$ satisfying a polynomially cone condition and $x\cdot\nabla K\leq 0$, we prove that there is no solution $u\in C^\infty(\mathbb{R}^2)$ of the equation $$-\Delta u=K(x)e^{2u}\quad \mathrm{on}\;\mathbb{R}^2$$…

We consider an inverse optimization spectral problem for the Sturm-Liouville operator $$\mathcal{L}[q] u:=-u''+q(x)u$$ subject to the separated boundary conditions. In the main result, we prove that this problem is related to the existence…

We prove that the equation \begin{eqnarray*} -\Delta_p u =\lambda\Big( \frac{1} {u^\delta} + u^q + f(u)\Big)\;\text{ in } \, B_R(0) u =0 \,\text{ on} \; \partial B_R(0), \quad u>0 \text{ in } \, B_R(0) \end{eqnarray*} admits a weak radially…

Some examples of three-dimensional metrics of constant curvature defined by solutions of nonlinear integrable differential equations and their generalizations are constructed. The properties of Riemann extensions of the metrics of constant…

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…

Given a smooth function $f(x)$ on $\mathbb{R}^n$ which is positive somewhere and satisfies $f(x)=O(|x|^{-l})$ for any $l>\frac{n}{2}$, we show that there exists a complete and conformal metric $g=e^{2u}|dx|^2$ with finite total Q-curvature…