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In this paper, we establish several Liouville type theorems for entire solutions to fractional parabolic equations. We first obtain the key ingredients needed in the proof of Liouville theorems, such as narrow region principles and maximum…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2021-08-05 Wenxiong Chen , Leyun Wu

In this paper, we investigate the monotonicity of solutions for a nonlinear equations involving the fractional Laplacian with variable exponent. We first prove different maximum principles involving this operator. Then we employ the direct…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2024-04-03 Anouar Bahrouni , Abdelhakim Sahbani , Ariel Salort

We establish nonuniqueness of solutions for Cauchy problems of semilinear heat equations with a wide class of nonlinearities. Specifically, we consider \[ \begin{cases} \partial_tu-\Delta u=f(u), & x\in\mathbb{R}^N,\ t>0,\\ u(x,0)=u_0(x), &…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2026-03-06 Kotaro Hisa , Yasuhito Miyamoto

We consider the following elliptic system with fractional laplacian $$ -(-\Delta)^su=uv^2,\ \ -(-\Delta)^sv=vu^2,\ \ u,v>0 \ \mbox{on}\ \R^n,$$ where $s\in(0,1)$ and $(-\Delta)^s$ is the $s$-Lapalcian. We first prove that all positive…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2014-03-11 Kelei Wang , Juncheng Wei

We show radial symmetry of positive solutions to the H\'{e}non equation $-\Delta u = |x|^{-\ell} u^q $ in $\mathbb{R}^N \setminus \{ 0\} $, where $\ell \geq 0$, $q>0$ and satisfy further technical conditions. A new ingredient is a maximum…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2020-01-08 Andres I. Avila , Friedemann Brock

We prove new one-dimensional symmetry results for non-negative solutions, possibly unbounded, to the semilinear equation $ -\Delta u= f(u)$ in the upper half-space $\mathbb{R}^{N}_{+}$. Some Liouville-type theorems are also proven in the…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-09-11 Nicolas Beuvin , Alberto Farina

We discuss the H\"older regularity of solutions to the semilinear equation involving the fractional Laplacian $(-\Delta)^s u=f(u)$ in one dimension. We put in evidence a new regularity phenomenon which is a combined effect of the…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2024-12-05 Gyula Csató , Albert Mas

In this paper we are concerned with the fractional Schr\"{o}dinger equation $(-\Delta)^{\alpha} u+V(x)u =f(x, u)$, $x\in \rn$, where $f$ is superlinear, subcritical growth and $u\mapsto\frac{f(x, u)}{\vert u\vert}$ is nondecreasing. When…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2017-06-09 Chao Ji

We construct a monotonicity formula for a class of free boundary problems associated with the stationary points of the functional \[ J(u)=\int_\Omega F(|\nabla u|^2)+\mbox{meas}(\{u>0\}\cap \Omega), \] where $F$ is a density function…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-09-16 Aram Karakhanyan

We consider Liouville-type and partial regularity results for the nonlinear fourth-order problem $$ \Delta^2 u=|u|^{p-1}u\ \{in} \ \R^n,$$ where $ p>1$ and $n\ge1$. We give a complete classification of stable and finite Morse index…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2013-03-26 Juan Davila , Louis Dupaigne , Kelei Wang , Juncheng Wei

This article considers the semilinear boundary value problem given by the Poisson equation, -\Delta u=f(u) in a bounded domain \Omega\subset \R^{n} with smooth boundary. For the zero boundary value case, we approximate a solution using the…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2009-12-16 Jonathan J. Sarhad

We study the singular Lane-Emden-Fowler equation \begin{equation} -\Delta u=f(X)\cdot u^{-\gamma} \end{equation} in a bounded Lipschitz domain $\Omega$, with the Dirichlet boundary condition and a positive, bounded function $f(X)$. A…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2026-04-20 Yahong Guo , Congming Li , Chilin Zhang

We develop the regularity theory for solutions to space-time nonlocal equations driven by fractional powers of the heat operator $$(\partial_t-\Delta)^su(t,x)=f(t,x),\quad\hbox{for}~0<s<1.$$ This nonlocal equation of order $s$ in time and…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2017-04-14 P. R. Stinga , J. L. Torrea

In this paper, we investigate the symmetry properties of positive solutions $u$ to a semilinear elliptic equation under mixed Dirichlet-Neumann boundary conditions in symmetric domains. First, we establish a maximum principle tailored to…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2026-02-19 Ruofei Yao

In this paper we prove some symmetry results for entire solutions to the semilinear equation $-\Delta u=f(u)$, with $f$ nonincreasing in a right neighbourhood of the origin. We consider solutions decaying only in some directions and we give…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2014-09-23 Alberto Farina , Andrea Malchiodi , Matteo Rizzi

We investigate the existence of solutions to the fractional nonlinear Schr\"{o}dinger equation $(-\Delta)^s u = f(u)$ with prescribed $L^2$-norm $\int_{\mathbb{R}^N} |u|^2 \, dx =m$ in the Sobolev space $H^s(\mathbb{R}^N)$. Under fairly…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2020-11-09 Luigi Appolloni , Simone Secchi

This work extends monotonicity-based methods in inverse problems to the case of the Helmholtz (or stationary Schr\"odinger) equation $(\Delta + k^2 q) u = 0$ in a bounded domain for fixed non-resonance frequency $k>0$ and real-valued…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2019-08-07 Bastian Harrach , Valter Pohjola , Mikko Salo

In this paper, we are concerned with the existence and concentration phenomena of solutions for the following singularly perturbed fractional Schr\"{o}dinger problem \begin{align*} \varepsilon^{2s}(-\Delta)^su+V(x)u=f(u) \ \ \ \mbox{in} \ \…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2017-02-09 Hua Jin , Wenbin Liu , Jianjun Zhang

We prove general uniqueness results for radial solutions of linear and nonlinear equations involving the fractional Laplacian $(-\Delta)^s$ with $s \in (0,1)$ for any space dimensions $N \geq 1$. By extending a monotonicity formula found by…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2015-03-24 Rupert L. Frank , Enno Lenzmann , Luis Silvestre

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…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2016-10-27 Lizhi Zhang , Yongzhong Wang