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We investigate general semilinear (obstacle-like) problems of the form $\Delta u = f(u)$, where $f(u)$ has a singularity/jump at $\{u=0\}$ giving rise to a free boundary. Unlike many works on such equations where $f$ is approximately…

In this paper, we study the exterior Dirichlet problem for the fully nonlinear elliptic equation $f(\lambda(D^{2}u))=1$. We obtain the necessary and sufficient conditions of existence of radial solutions with prescribed asymptotic behavior…

Let $0<\alpha<2$ be any real number. In this paper, we investigate the following semilinear equations involving the fractional Laplacian \begin{equation}(-\bigtriangleup)^{\alpha/2} u(x)=f(u),\end{equation} on $\mathbb{R}^n$ and…

In this paper we present a survey concerning unconstrained free boundary problems of type $$ \left\{ \begin{array}{ll} F_1(D^2u,\nabla u,u,x)=0 & \text{in }B_1 \cap \Omega ,\\ F_2 (D^2 u,\nabla u,u,x)=0 & \text{in }B_1\setminus\Omega ,\\ u…

We investigate the positive solutions of the semilinear elliptic equation \begin{align*} \sum^{N}_{i=1}\left(-\partial_{ii}\right)^{s}u=u^{p} \end{align*} with one-dimensional symmetric $2s$-stable operators. Firstly, in the whole space…

Positive solutions of homogeneous Dirichlet boundary value problems or initial-value problems for certain elliptic or parabolic equations must be radially symmetric and monotone in the radial direction if just one of their level surfaces is…

In this article we consider the system of equations {\Delta}u_{i}=p_{i}(x)f_{i}(u_{1},...,u_{d}) for i=1,...,d on R^{N}, N\geq3 and d\in{1,2,3,4,...}. We prove that the considered system has a bounded positive entire solution under some…

We calculate the full asymptotic expansion of boundary blow-up solutions, for any nonlinearity f. Our approach enables us to state sharp qualitative results regarding uniqueness and ra-dial symmetry of solutions, as well as a…

This paper deals with solutions to the equation \begin{equation*} -\Delta u = \lambda_+ \left(u^+\right)^{q-1} - \lambda_- \left(u^-\right)^{q-1} \quad \text{in $B_1$} \end{equation*} where $\lambda_+,\lambda_- > 0$, $q \in (0,1)$,…

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…

In 1971 J. Serrin proved that, given a smooth bounded domain $\Omega \subset \mathbb{R}^N$ and $u$ a positive solution of the problem: \begin{equation*} \begin{array}{ll} -\Delta u = f(u) &\mbox{in $\Omega$, } u =0 &\mbox{on…

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…

We investigate symmetry properties of positive solutions for fully nonlinear uniformly elliptic systems, such as $$ F_i \,(x,Du_i,D^2u_i) +f_i \,(x,u_1, \ldots , u_n,Du_i)=0, \;\; 1 \leq i \leq n, $$ in a bounded domain $\Omega$ in…

We construct nonnegative weak solutions to the singular parabolic free boundary problem \[ \partial_t u - \Delta u = - \frac{\mathrm{d}}{\mathrm{d} u} u_+^\gamma , \] where $\gamma \in (0,1]$, $u_+ := \max\{u,0\}$, and the term in the…

We prove the existence of multiple positive radial solutions to the sign-indefinite elliptic boundary blow-up problem \[ \left\{\begin{array}{ll} \Delta u + \bigl(a^+(\vert x \vert) - \mu a^-(\vert x \vert)\bigr) g(u) = 0, & \; \vert x…

We prove that, if $g$ is a continuous asymptotically convex function, any solution $u$ of $-\Delta u+g(u)=0$ in a ball B which tends to infinity on $\partial B$ is radially symmetric.

Let $u$ be a bounded positive solution to the problem $-\Delta_p u = f(u)$ in $\mathbb{R}^N_+$ with zero Dirichlet boundary condition, where $p>1$ and $f$ is a locally Lipschitz continuous function. Among other things, we show that if…

We establish the uniqueness of the higher radial bound state solutions of $$ \Delta u +f(u)=0,\quad x\in \RR^n. \leqno(P) $$ We assume that the nonlinearity $f\in C(-\infty,\infty)$ is an odd function satisfying some convexity and growth…

We prove new results on the existence of positive radial solutions of the elliptic equation $-\Delta u= \lambda h(|x|,u)$ in an annular domain in $\mathbb{R}^{N}, N\geq 2$. Existence of positive radial solutions are determined under the…

For a parameter $\gamma\in(1,2)$, we study the fully nonlinear version of the Alt-Phillips equation, $F(D^2u)=u^{\gamma-1}$, for $u\ge 0.$ We establish the optimal regularity of the solution, as well as the $C^1$ regularity of the regular…