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We introduce a new condition on elliptic operators $L= {1/2}\triangle + b \cdot \nabla $ which ensures the validity of the Liouville property for bounded solutions to $Lu=0$ on $\R^d$. Such condition is sharp when $d=1$. We extend our…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2010-02-17 Enrico Priola , Feng-Yu Wang

In this paper, we establish the existence and uniqueness theorem for entire solutions of Hessian equations with prescribed asymptotic behavior at infinity. This extends the previous results on Monge-Amp\`{e}re equations. Our approach also…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2022-03-08 Cong Wang , Jiguang Bao

We investigate uniqueness of solutions to certain classes of elliptic and parabolic equations posed on metric graphs. In particular, we address the linear Schr\"odinger equation with a potential, and the heat equation with a variable…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-03-05 Giulia Meglioli , Fabio Punzo

In this paper, we apply the moving plane method to some degenerate elliptic equations to get a Liouville type theorem. As an application, we derive the a priori bounds for positive solutions of some semi-linear degenerate elliptic…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2012-11-13 Genggeng Huang

We prove a theorem for the growth of the energy of bounded, globally minimizing solutions to a class of semilinear elliptic systems of the form $\Delta u=\nabla W(u)$, $x\in \mathbb{R}^n$, $n\geq 2$, with $W:\mathbb{R}^m\to \mathbb{R}$,…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2014-04-09 Christos Sourdis

Let $\Sigma$ be a complete Riemannian manifold of nonnegative Ricci curvature. We prove a Liouville-type theorem: every smooth solution $u$ to minimal hypersurface equation on $\Sigma$ is a constant provided $u$ has sublinear growth for its…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2025-11-12 Qi Ding

We study the Dirichlet problem of the following discrete infinity Laplace equation on a subgraph with finite width $$\Delta_{\infty} u(x) = \inf_{y \sim x}u(y)+\sup_{y \sim x}u(y)-2u(x) = f(x).$$ We say that a subgraph has finite width if…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2023-11-06 Fengwen Han , Tao Wang

In this paper, we consider the indefinite fractional elliptic problem. A corresponding Liouville-type theorem for the indefinite fractional elliptic equations is established. Furthermore, we obtain a priori bound for solutions in a bounded…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2014-04-08 Wenxiong Chen , Jiuyi Zhu

We consider the $2m$-th order elliptic boundary value problem $Lu=f(x,u)$ on a bounded smooth domain $\Omega$ in $R^N$ with Dirichlet boundary conditions. The operator $L$ is a uniformly elliptic operator of order $2m$. We assume that for…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2007-09-19 Wolfgang Reichel , Tobias Weth

In this paper, we are concerned with stable solutions to the fractional elliptic equation $$ (-\Delta)^s u=e^u\mbox{ in }\mathbb R^{N}, $$ where $(-\Delta)^s$ is the fractional Laplacian with $0<s<1$. We establish the nonexistence of stable…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2019-11-15 Anh Tuan Duong , Van Hoang Nguyen

In this paper we prove the following Liouville-type theorem: any anisotropic minimal graph with free boundary in the half-space must be flat, provided that the graph function has at most one-sided linear growth. This extends the classical…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2026-01-23 Guofang Wang , Wei Wei , Chao Xia , Xuwen Zhang

We prove the Liouville theorem for \emph{non-negative} solutions to (possibly degenerate) Ornstein-Uhlenbeck equations whose linear drift has imaginary spectrum. This provides an answer to a question raised by Priola and Zabczyk since the…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-04-21 Alessia E. Kogoj , Ermanno Lanconelli , Giulio Tralli

This is a preliminary study of the equation of motion of Euclidean classical gravity on a graph, based on the Lin-Lu-Yau Ricci curvature on graphs. We observe that the constant edge weights configuration gives the unique solution on an…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2020-06-15 An Huang , Bogdan Stoica , Xuyang Xia , Xiao Zhong

In this paper, we study the semilinear elliptic equation of the form \begin{eqnarray*} -\Delta u+a(x)|u|^{p-2}u-b(x)|u|^{q-2}u=0 \end{eqnarray*} on lattice graphs $\mathbb{Z}^{N}$, where $N\geq 2$ and $2\leq p<q<+\infty$. By the…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2022-03-11 B. Hua , R. Li , L. Wang

We establish Liouville type theorems for elliptic systems with various classes of non-linearities on $\mathbb{R}^N$. We show among other things, that a system has no semi-stable solution in any dimension, whenever the infimum of the…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2011-11-23 Mostafa Fazly

In this paper, we prove two Liouville-type theorems for capillary minimal graph over $\mathbb{R}^n_+$. First, if $u$ has linear growth, then for $n=2,3$ and for any $\theta\in(0,\pi)$, or $n\geq4$ and $\theta\in(\frac{\pi}6,\frac{5\pi}6)$,…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2026-02-11 Guofang Wang , Wei Wei , Xuwen Zhang

In this paper we consider the Liouville equation $\Delta u +\lambda^2 e^{\,u}=0$ with Dirichlet boundary conditions in a two dimensional, doubly connected domain $\Omega$. We show that there exists a simple, closed curve $\gamma\subset…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2018-08-02 Michal Kowalczyk , Angela Pistoia , Giusi Vaira

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…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-10-03 Berardino Sciunzi , Domenico Vuono

We provide a simple method for obtaining new Liouville theorems for scaling invariant superlinear parabolic problems with gradient structure. To illustrate the method we prove Liouville theorems (guaranteeing nonexistence of positive…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2015-04-21 Pavol Quittner

Liouville theorems for scaling invariant nonlinear parabolic equations and systems (saying that the equation or system does not possess positive entire solutions) guarantee optimal universal estimates of solutions of related initial and…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2020-10-01 Pavol Quittner