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where $\unicode[STIX]{x1D6FA}\subset \mathbb{R}^{N}(N\geqslant 1)$ is a bounded domain with smooth boundary $\unicode[STIX]{x2202}\unicode[STIX]{x1D6FA}$, $h\in L^{1}(\unicode[STIX]{x1D6FA})$, $h>0$ almost everywhere in $\unicode[STIX]{x1D6FA}$, $k\in L^{\infty }(\unicode[STIX]{x1D6FA})$ is a non-negative function, $B:[0,+\infty )\rightarrow [m,+\infty )$ is continuous for some positive constant $m$, $p>1$, $0\leqslant q\leqslant p-1$, and $\unicode[STIX]{x1D6FE}>1$. A “compatibility condition” on the couple $(h(x),\unicode[STIX]{x1D6FE})$ will be given for the problem to admit at least one solution. To be a little more precise, it is shown that the problem admits at least one solution if and only if there exists a $u_{0}\in W_{0}^{1,p}(\unicode[STIX]{x1D6FA})$ such that $\int _{\unicode[STIX]{x1D6FA}}h(x)u_{0}^{1-\unicode[STIX]{x1D6FE}}\text{d}x<\infty$. When $k(x)\equiv 0$, the weak solution is unique.
We establish gradient estimates for solutions to the Dirichlet problem for the constant mean curvature equation in hyperbolic space. We obtain these estimates on bounded strictly convex domains by using the maximum principles theory of Φ-functions of Payne and Philippin. These estimates are then employed to solve the Dirichlet problem when the mean curvature H satisfies H < 1 under suitable boundary conditions.
In this paper, we study the existence and concentration of normalized solutions to the supercritical nonlinear Schrödinger equation
\[ \left\{\begin{array}{@{}ll} -\Delta u + V(x) u = \mu_q u + a \vert u \vert ^q u & {\rm in}\ \mathbb{R}^2,\\ \int_{\mathbb{R}^2} \vert u \vert ^2\,{\rm d}x =1, & \end{array} \right.\]
where μq is the Lagrange multiplier. For ellipse-shaped potentials V(x), we show that for q > 2 close to 2, the equation admits an excited solution uq, and furthermore, we study the limiting behaviour of uq when q → 2+. Particularly, we describe precisely the blow-up formation of the excited state uq.
We introduce the notion of a distributional $k$-Hessian ($k=2,\ldots ,n$) associated with fractional Sobolev functions on $\unicode[STIX]{x1D6FA}$, a smooth bounded open subset in $\mathbb{R}^{n}$. We show that the distributional $k$-Hessian is weakly continuous on the fractional Sobolev space $W^{2-2/k,k}(\unicode[STIX]{x1D6FA})$ and that the weak continuity result is optimal, that is, the distributional $k$-Hessian is well defined in $W^{s,p}(\unicode[STIX]{x1D6FA})$ if and only if $W^{s,p}(\unicode[STIX]{x1D6FA})\subseteq W^{2-2/k,k}(\unicode[STIX]{x1D6FA})$.
where a : ℝ → [0, ∞) is C1 and a nonincreasing continuous function near the origin, the nonlinear term f : Ω × ℝ → ℝ is a Carathéodory function verifying certain superlinear conditions only at zero, and λ is a positive parameter. The existence of the solution relies on C1-estimates and variational arguments.
where n ⩾ 2, 0 < α, β < 2, a> −α, b > −β and p, q ⩾ 1. By exploiting a direct method of scaling spheres for fractional systems, we prove that if $p \leqslant \frac {n+\alpha +2a}{n-\beta }$, $q \leqslant \frac {n+\beta +2b}{n-\alpha }$, $p+q<\frac {n+\alpha +2a}{n-\beta }+\frac {n+\beta +2b}{n-\alpha }$ and (u, v) is a nonnegative strong solution of the system, then u ≡ v ≡ 0.
This paper is concerned with the problem of existence and uniqueness of weak and classical solutions for a fourth-order semilinear boundary value problem. The existence and uniqueness for weak solutions follows from standard variational methods, while similar uniqueness results for classical solutions are derived using maximum principles.
where $1<p\leq q<N$. Here the coefficient $\unicode[STIX]{x1D706}(x)$ of the coupling term is related to the potentials by the condition $|\unicode[STIX]{x1D706}(x)|\leq \unicode[STIX]{x1D6FF}a(x)^{\unicode[STIX]{x1D6FC}/p}b(x)^{\unicode[STIX]{x1D6FD}/q}$, where $\unicode[STIX]{x1D6FF}\in (0,1)$ and $\unicode[STIX]{x1D6FC}/p+\unicode[STIX]{x1D6FD}/q=1$. Using a variational approach based on minimization over the Nehari manifold, we establish the existence of positive ground state solutions for a large class of nonlinear terms and potentials.
We prove the global logarithmic stability of the Cauchy problem for $H^{2}$-solutions of an anisotropic elliptic equation in a Lipschitz domain. The result is based on existing techniques used to establish stability estimates for the Cauchy problem combined with related tools used to study an inverse medium problem.
We prove a conditional theorem on the positivity of the Lyapunov exponent for a Schrödinger cocycle over a skew-shift base with a cosine potential and the golden ratio as frequency. For coupling below 1, which is the threshold for Herman’s subharmonicity trick, we formulate three conditions on the Lyapunov exponent in a finite but large volume and on the associated large-deviation estimates at that scale. Our main results demonstrate that these finite-size conditions imply the positivity of the infinite-volume Lyapunov exponent. This paper shows that it is possible to make the techniques developed for the study of Schrödinger operators with deterministic potentials, based on large-deviation estimates and the avalanche principle, effective.
where N ≥ 3, a > 0, h : ℝN → (0, + ∞) and f : [0, + ∞) → [0, + ∞) are continuous functions with f having a subcritical growth. The main tool used is the variational method together with estimates that involve the Riesz potential.
We consider a nonlinear Robin problem for the Poisson equation in an unbounded periodically perforated domain. The domain has a periodic structure, and the size of each cell is determined by a positive parameter δ. The relative size of each periodic perforation is determined by a positive parameter ε. Under suitable assumptions, such a problem admits a family of solutions which depends on ε and δ. We analyse the behaviour the energy integral of such a family as (ε, δ) tends to (0, 0) by an approach that represents an alternative to asymptotic expansions and classical homogenization theory.
In this paper we characterize the boundedness on the product of Sobolev spaces Hs(𝕋) × Hs(𝕋) on the unit circle 𝕋, of the bilinear form Λb with symbol b ∈ Hs(𝕋) given by
We consider semistable, radially symmetric and increasing solutions of Sk(D2u) = g(u) in the unit ball of ℝn, where Sk(D2u) is the k-Hessian operator of u and g ∈ C1 is a general positive nonlinearity. We establish sharp pointwise estimates for such solutions in a proper weighted Sobolev space, which are optimal and do not depend on the specific nonlinearity g. As an application of these results, we obtain pointwise estimates for the extremal solution and its derivatives (up to order three) of the equation Sk(D2u) = λg(u), posed in B1, with Dirichlet data $u\arrowvert _{B_1}=0$, where g is a continuous, positive, nonincreasing function such that lim t→−∞g(t)/|t|k = +∞.
We are interested in standing waves of a modified Schrödinger equation coupled with the Chern–Simons gauge theory. By applying a constraint minimization of Nehari-Pohozaev type, we prove the existence of radial ground state solutions. We also investigate the nonexistence for nontrivial solutions.
Let Ω ⊂ ℝN be a bounded domain and δ(x) be the distance of a point x ∈ Ω to the boundary. We study the positive solutions of the problem Δu + (μ/(δ(x)2))u = up in Ω, where p > 0, p ≠ 1 and μ ∈ ℝ, μ ≠ 0 is smaller than the Hardy constant. The interplay between the singular potential and the nonlinearity leads to interesting structures of the solution sets. In this paper, we first give the complete picture of the radial solutions in balls. In particular, we establish for p > 1 the existence of a unique large solution behaving like δ−(2/(p−1)) at the boundary. In general domains, we extend the results of Bandle and Pozio and show that there exists a unique singular solutions u such that $u/\delta ^{\beta _-}\to c$ on the boundary for an arbitrary positive function $c \in C^{2+\gamma }(\partial \Omega ) \, (\gamma \in (0,1)), c \ges 0$. Here β− is the smaller root of β(β − 1) + μ = 0.
where Ω ⊂ ℝ2 is a bounded domain. In the second place, we present existence results for the following stationary Schrödinger systems defined in the whole plane0.2
$$\left\{ {\matrix{ {-\Delta u + u = g(v)\;\;\;{\rm in}\;{\open R}^2,} \cr {-\Delta v + v = f(u)\;\;\;{\rm in}\;{\open R}^2.} \cr } } \right.$$
We assume that the nonlinearities f, g have critical growth in the sense of Trudinger–Moser. By using a suitable variational framework based on the generalized Nehari manifold method, we obtain the existence of ground state solutions of both systems (0.1) and (0.2).
The implication $(i)\Rightarrow (ii)$ of Theorem 2.1 in our article [1] is not true as it stands. We give here two correct statements which follow from the original proof.
Let n, $N \in {\open N}$ with $\Omega \subseteq {\open R}^n$ open. Given ${\rm H} \in C^2(\Omega \times {\open R}^N \times {\open R}^{Nn})$, we consider the functional1
The associated PDE system which plays the role of Euler–Lagrange equations in $L^\infty $ is2
$$\left\{\matrix{{\rm H}_{P}(\cdot, u, {\rm D}u)\, {\rm D}\left({\rm H}(\cdot, u, {\rm D} u)\right) = \, 0, \hfill \cr {\rm H}(\cdot, u, {\rm D} u) \, [\![{\rm H}_{P}(\cdot, u, {\rm D} u)]\!]^\bot \left({\rm Div}\left({\rm H}_{P}(\cdot, u, {\rm D} u)\right)- {\rm H}_{\eta}(\cdot, u, {\rm D} u)\right) = 0,\hfill}\right.$$
where $[\![A]\!]^\bot := {\rm Proj}_{R(A)^\bot }$. Herein we establish that generalised solutions to (2) can be characterised as local minimisers of (1) for appropriate classes of affine variations of the energy. Generalised solutions to (2) are understood as ${\cal D}$-solutions, a general framework recently introduced by one of the authors.
We consider the equation Δu = Vu in the half-space ${\open R}_ + ^d $, d ⩾ 2 where V has certain periodicity properties. In particular, we show that such equations cannot have non-trivial superexponentially decaying solutions. As an application this leads to a new proof for the absolute continuity of the spectrum of particular periodic Schrödinger operators. The equation Δu = Vu is studied as part of a broader class of elliptic evolution equations.