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In this paper, we use variational methods to prove the existence of positive solution for the following class of elliptic equation $$ -\epsilon^{2}\Delta{u}+V(z)u=f(u) \,\,\, \mbox{in} \,\,\, \mathbb{R}^{2}, $$ where $\epsilon >0$ is a…

We consider a slightly subcritical elliptic system with Dirichlet boundary conditions and a non-power nonlinearity in a bounded smooth domain. For this problem, standard compact embeddings cannot be used to guarantee the existence of…

We establish the existence of a positive fully nontrivial solution $(u,v)$ to the weakly coupled elliptic system% \[ \left\{ \begin{tabular} [c]{l}% $-\Delta u=\mu_{1}|u|^{{2}^{\ast}-2}u+\lambda\alpha|u|^{\alpha-2}|v|^{\beta }u,$\\ $-\Delta…

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…

In this paper we find a positive weak solution for a semipositone $p(\cdot )$- Laplacian problem. More precisely, we find a solution for the problem \[ \left\{ \begin{array}{cc} -\Delta _{p(\cdot )}u=f(u)-\lambda & \text{in }\Omega \\ u>0 &…

We are concerned with positive radial solutions of the inhomogeneous elliptic equation $\Delta u+K(|x|)u^p+\mu f(|x|)=0$ on $\mathbb{R}^N$, where $N\ge 3$, $\mu>0$ and $K$ and $f$ are nonnegative nontrivial functions. If $K(r)\sim…

We consider the semilinear elliptic equation $$ -\Delta u = |x|^\alpha u^p \quad \hbox{in } \mathbb{R}^N, $$ where $N\ge 3$, $\alpha>-2$ and $p>1$. We show that there are no positive solutions provided that the exponent $p$ additionally…

Let us consider a semilinear boundary value problem $ - \Delta u= f(x,u),$ in $\Omega,$ with Dirichlet boundary conditions, where $ \Omega \subset \mathbb{R}^N $, $N> 2,$ is a bounded smooth domain. We provide sufficient conditions…

We consider the supercritical elliptic problem -\Delta u = \lambda e^u, \lambda > 0, in an exterior domain $\Omega = \mathbb{R}^N \setminus D$ under zero Dirichlet condition, where D is smooth and bounded in \mathbb{R}^N, N greater or equal…

We consider a boundary value problem in a bounded domain involving a degenerate operator of the form $$L(u)=-\textrm{div} (a(x)\nabla u)$$ and a suitable nonlinearity $f$. The function $a$ vanishes on smooth 1-codimensional submanifolds of…

In this paper, we study the existence and non-existence result of positive solutions to a singular elliptic equation with negative power on the bounded smooth domain or in the whole Euclidean space. Our model arises in the study of the…

We verify the existence of radial positive solutions for the semi-linear equation $$ -\,\Delta u=u^{p}\,-\,V(y)\,u^{q},\,\quad\quad u>0,\quad\quad\mbox{ in }\mathbb{R}^N$$ where $N\geq 3$, $p$ is close to $p^*:=(N+2)/(N-2)$, and $V$ is a…

We consider the fully nonlinear problem \begin{equation*} \begin{cases} -F(x,D^2u)=|u|^{p-1}u & \text{in $\Omega$}\\ u=0 & \text{on $\partial\Omega$} \end{cases} \end{equation*} where $F$ is uniformly elliptic, $p>1$ and $\Omega$ is either…

The paper is concerned with positive solutions to problems of the type \begin{equation*} -\Delta_{\mathbb{B}^N} u - \lambda u = a(x) |u|^{p-1}\;u \, + \, f \, \;\;\text{in}\;\mathbb{B}^{N}, \quad u \in H^{1}{(\mathbb{B}^{N})},…

The main goal of this work is to prove the existence of three different solutions (one positive, one negative and one with nonconstant sign) for the equation $(-\Delta_p)^s u= |u|^{p^{*}_s -2} u +\lambda f(x,u)$ in a bounded domain with…

Given a smooth and bounded domain $\Omega(\subset\mathbf{R}^N)$, we prove the existence of two non-trivial, non-negative solutions for the semilinear degenerate elliptic equation \begin{align} \left. \begin{array}{l} -\Delta_\lambda u=\mu…

Let $\Omega$ be a bounded domain in $\mathbb R^{N}$, $N\geq3$ with smooth boundary, $a>0, \lambda>0$ and $0<\delta<3$ be real numbers. Define $2^*:=\displaystyle\frac{2N}{N-2}$ and the characteristic function of a set $A$ by $\chi_A$. We…

We consider the Dirichlet problem for positive solutions of the equation $-\Delta_p (u) = f(u)$ in a convex, bounded, smooth domain $\Omega \subset\R^N$, with $f$ locally Lipschitz continuous. \par We provide sufficient conditions…

This paper deals with the lack of compactness in nonlinear elliptic problems $(P)$. In particular, a domain $\Omega$ is provided where not converging Palais-Smale sequences exist at every energy level. Nevertheless, it is proved that…

We study properties of positive functions satisfying (E) --$\Delta$u+m|$\nabla$u| q -- u p = 0 is a domain $\Omega$ or in R N + when p > 1 and 1 < q < 2. We give sufficient conditions for the existence of a solution to (E) with a…