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A fundamental theorem of Liouville asserts that positive entire harmonic functions in Euclidean spaces must be constant. A remarkable Liouville-type theorem of Caffarelli-Gidas-Spruck states that positive entire solutions of $-\Delta u=u^{…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2024-09-23 BaoZhi Chu , YanYan Li , Zongyuan Li

In this note, we prove two Liouville theorems for fully nonlinear uniformly elliptic equations on half spaces. The main tools are the boundary pointwise regularity, the Hopf type estimate and the Carleson type estimate. Our new proof is…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-11-21 Yuanyuan Lian

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

In a recent paper, we established optimal Liouville-type theorems for conformally invariant second-order elliptic equations in the Euclidean space. In this work, we prove an optimal Liouville-type theorem for these equations in the…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2024-10-15 BaoZhi Chu , YanYan Li , Zongyuan Li

We prove that every entire solution of the minimal graph equation that is bounded from below and has at most linear growth must be constant on a complete Riemannian manifold $M$ with only one end if $M$ has asymptotically non-negative…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2023-04-03 Jean-Baptiste Casteras , Esko Heinonen , Ilkka Holopainen

Let $V$ be a $C^1$-vector field on an $n$-dimensional complete Riemannian manifold $(M, g)$. We prove a Liouville theorem for $V$-harmonic maps satisfying various growth conditions from complete Riemannian manifolds with non-negative $(m,…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2023-09-14 Kazuhiro Kuwae , Songzi Li , Xiangdong Li , Yohei Sakurai

In this paper, we are concerned with the fractional and higher order H\'{e}non-Hardy type equations \begin{equation*} (-\Delta)^{\frac{\alpha}{2}}u(x)=f(x,u(x)) \,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\, \text{in} \,\,\, \mathbb{R}^{n}, \,\,\,…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2022-04-13 Wei Dai , Guolin Qin

In this paper we extend Yau's celebrated Liouville theorem to the biharmonic case. Namely, we show that in a complete Riemannian manifold with a pole and nonnegative Ricci curvature, any biharmonic function of subquadratic growth must be…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2025-12-02 John E. Bravo , Jean C. Cortissoz

We investigate the validity of the Liouville property for a class of elliptic equations with a potential, posed on infinite graphs. Under suitable assumptions on the graph and on the potential, we prove that the unique bounded solution is…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2023-04-04 Stefano Biagi , Giulia Meglioli , Fabio Punzo

In this paper, we consider $\alpha$-harmonic functions in the half space $\mathbb{R}^n_+$: \begin{equation} \left\{\begin{array}{ll} (-\Delta)^{\alpha/2} u(x)=0,~u(x)>0, & x\in\mathbb{R}^n_+, \\ u(x)\equiv 0, & x\notin \mathbb{R}^{n}_{+}.…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2014-09-16 Wenxiong Chen , Congming Li , Lizhi Zhang , Tingzhi Cheng

We consider minimal graphs u(x,y)>0 over unbounded domains D (with u vanishing on the boundary of D). Assuming D contains a sector properly containing a halfplane, we obtain estimates on growth and provide examples illustrating a range of…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2013-11-15 Erik Lundberg , Allen Weitsman

We study minimal graphs with linear growth on complete manifolds $M^m$ with $\mathrm{Ric} \ge 0$. Under the further assumption that the $(m-2)$-th Ricci curvature in radial direction is bounded below by $C r(x)^{-2}$, we prove that any such…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2024-08-28 Giulio Colombo , Eddygledson Souza Gama , Luciano Mari , Marco Rigoli

Let $(\mathscr{C}, \omega_{\mathscr{C}})$ be a Ricci-flat, simply connected, conical K\"ahler manifold. We establish a Liouville theorem for constant scalar curvature K\"ahler (cscK) metrics on $\mathscr{C}$. The theorem asserts that any…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2025-02-05 Johan Jacoby Klemmensen

In \cite{LWZ}, we establish Liouville-type theorems and decay estimates for solutions of a class of high order elliptic equations and systems without the boundedness assumptions on the solutions. In this paper, we continue our work in…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2012-09-11 Guozhen Lu , Jiuyi Zhu

In this paper, we investigate Liouville-type theorems for stationary solutions to the shear thickening fluid equations in a slab. We show that the axisymmetric solution must be trivial if its local $L^\infty$-norm grows mildly as the radius…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2026-01-09 Jingwen Han , Han Li

In this paper, we are concerned with the critical order H\'{e}non-Lane-Emden type equations with Navier boundary condition on a half space $\mathbb{R}^n_+$: \begin{equation}\label{NPDE0}\\\begin{cases} (-\Delta)^{\frac{n}{2}}…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2021-09-06 Wei Dai , Guolin Qin

We prove a Liouville theorem for the plurisubharmonic functions on complete Kaelher manifolds. As the applications, we prove a splitting theorem for complete Kaehler manifolds with nonnegative biscetional curvature in terms of the linear…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Lei Ni , Luen-Fai Tam

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

In this paper we shall establish some Liouville theorems for solutions bounded from below to certain linear elliptic equations on the upper half space. In particular, we show that for $a \in (0, 1)$ constants are the only $C^1$ up to the…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2019-02-15 Lei Wang , Meijun Zhu

We consider the elliptic equation $-\Delta u = u^q|\nabla u|^p$ in $\mathbb R^n$ for any $p\ge 2$ and $q>0$. We prove a Liouville-type theorem, which asserts that any positive bounded solution is constant. The proof technique is based on…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-04-30 Roberta Filippucci , Patrizia Pucci , Philippe Souplet