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We examine the equation given by \begin{equation} \label{eq_abstract} -\Delta u + a(x) \cdot \nabla u = u^p \qquad \mbox{in $ \IR^N$,} \end{equation} where $p>1$ and $ a(x)$ is a smooth vector field satisfying some decay conditions. We show…
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We consider the defocusing fourth-order nonlinear Schr\"{o}dinger equation with potential \[ i\partial_t u + \Delta^2 u + Vu + \lambda |u|^{p-1}u = 0 \qquad (x \in \mathbb{R}^n,\ t \in \mathbb{R}), \] in dimensions $n \ge 5$. In the…
We study classical positive solutions of the biharmonic inequality $-\Delta^2 v \geq f(v)$ in exterior domains in $\mathbb{R}^n$ where $f:(0,\infty)\to (0,\infty)$ is continuous function. We give lower bounds on the growth of $f(s)$ at…
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We go further in the investigation of the Robin problem $(P_{\alpha})$: $-\Delta u=a(x)u^{q}$ in $\Omega$, $u\geq0$ in $\Omega$, $\partial_{\nu}u=\alpha u$ on $\partial \Omega$; on a bounded domain $\Omega\subset\mathbb{R}^{N}$, with $a$…
We prove the existence of positive periodic solutions for the second order nonlinear equation $u" + a(x) g(u) = 0$, where $g(u)$ has superlinear growth at zero and at infinity. The weight function $a(x)$ is allowed to change its sign.…
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In present paper, we prove the existence of solutions $(\lambda, u)\in \R\times H^1(\R^N)$ to the following Schr\"odinger equation $$ \begin{cases} -\Delta u(x)+V(x)u(x)+\lambda u(x)=g(u(x))\quad &\hbox{in}~\R^N\\ 0\leq u(x)\in H^1(\R^N),…
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We study the existence of subharmonic solutions in the system $\ddot {u}(t)=f(t,u(t))$, where $u(t)\in\mathbb{R}^{k}$ and $f$ is an even and $p$-periodic function in time. Under some additional symmetry conditions on the function $f$, the…
We establish the existence of positive solutions to a general class of overdetermined semilinear elliptic boundary problems on suitable bounded open sets $\Omega\subset\mathbb{R}^n$. Specifically, for $n\leq 4$ and under mild technical…