LEAST ENERGY NODAL SOLUTIONS OF THE BREZIS–NIRENBERG PROBLEM IN DIMENSION N = 5

2009 ◽  
Vol 11 (01) ◽  
pp. 59-69 ◽  
Author(s):  
PAOLO ROSELLI ◽  
MICHEL WILLEM
Keyword(s):  
Boundary Conditions ◽  
Dirichlet Boundary ◽  
Dirichlet Boundary Conditions ◽  
First Eigenvalue ◽  
Nodal Solutions ◽  
The First Eigenvalue ◽  
Homogeneous Dirichlet Boundary Conditions ◽  
Sign Changing Solutions ◽  
Nirenberg Problem ◽  
Least Energy

We prove the existence of (a pair of) least energy sign changing solutions of [Formula: see text] when Ω is a bounded domain in ℝN, N = 5 and λ is slightly smaller than λ1, the first eigenvalue of -Δ with homogeneous Dirichlet boundary conditions on Ω.

scholarly journals Nodal Solutions for Sublinear-Type Problems with Dirichlet Boundary Conditions

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Denis Bonheure ◽  
Ederson Moreira dos Santos ◽  
Enea Parini ◽  
Hugo Tavares ◽  
Tobias Weth
Keyword(s):  
Boundary Conditions ◽  
Morse Index ◽  
Symmetric Functions ◽  
Dirichlet Boundary ◽  
Dirichlet Boundary Conditions ◽  
Nodal Solution ◽  
Axially Symmetric ◽  
Nodal Solutions ◽  
Dirichlet Eigenvalue ◽  
Least Energy

Abstract We consider nonlinear 2nd-order elliptic problems of the type $$\begin{align*} & -\Delta u=f(u)\ \textrm{in}\ \Omega, \qquad u=0\ \textrm{on}\ \partial \Omega, \end{align*}$$where $\Omega $ is an open $C^{1,1}$–domain in ${{\mathbb{R}}}^N$, $N\geq 2$, under some general assumptions on the nonlinearity that include the case of a sublinear pure power $f(s)=|s|^{p-1}s$ with $0<p<1$ and of Allen–Cahn type $f(s)=\lambda (s-|s|^{p-1}s)$ with $p>1$ and $\lambda>\lambda _2(\Omega )$ (the second Dirichlet eigenvalue of the Laplacian). We prove the existence of a least energy nodal (i.e., sign changing) solution and of a nodal solution of mountain-pass type. We then give explicit examples of domains where the associated levels do not coincide. For the case where $\Omega $ is a ball or annulus and $f$ is of class $C^1$, we prove instead that the levels coincide and that least energy nodal solutions are nonradial but axially symmetric functions. Finally, we provide stronger results for the Allen–Cahn type nonlinearities in case $\Omega $ is either a ball or a square. In particular, we give a complete description of the solution set for $\lambda \sim \lambda _2(\Omega )$, computing the Morse index of the solutions.

scholarly journals On a property of the nodal set of least energy sign-changing solutions for quasilinear elliptic equations

2019 ◽  
Vol 149 (5) ◽  
pp. 1163-1173
Author(s):  
Vladimir Bobkov ◽  
Sergey Kolonitskii
Keyword(s):  
Boundary Conditions ◽  
Elliptic Equations ◽  
Dirichlet Boundary ◽  
Dirichlet Boundary Conditions ◽  
Quasilinear Elliptic Equations ◽  
Nodal Set ◽  
Sign Changing Solutions ◽  
Quasilinear Elliptic ◽  
Least Energy

AbstractIn this note, we prove the Payne-type conjecture about the behaviour of the nodal set of least energy sign-changing solutions for the equation $-\Delta _p u = f(u)$ in bounded Steiner symmetric domains $ \Omega \subset {{\open R}^N} $ under the zero Dirichlet boundary conditions. The nonlinearity f is assumed to be either superlinear or resonant. In the latter case, least energy sign-changing solutions are second eigenfunctions of the zero Dirichlet p-Laplacian in Ω. We show that the nodal set of any least energy sign-changing solution intersects the boundary of Ω. The proof is based on a moving polarization argument.

scholarly journals Hemivariational inequalities with the potential crossing the first eigenvalue

2001 ◽  
Vol 64 (3) ◽  
pp. 381-393 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sophia Th. Kyritsi ◽  
Nikolaos S. Papageorgiou
Keyword(s):  
Boundary Conditions ◽  
Asymptotic Behaviour ◽  
Dirichlet Boundary ◽  
Mountain Pass Theorem ◽  
Principal Eigenvalue ◽  
Dirichlet Boundary Conditions ◽  
Hemivariational Inequalities ◽  
Linking Theorem ◽  
First Eigenvalue ◽  
The First Eigenvalue

In this paper we study a nonlinear hemivariational inequality involving the p-Laplacian. Our approach is variational and uses a recent nonsmooth Linking Theorem, due to Kourogenis and Papageorgiou (2000). The use of the Linking Theorem instead of the Mountain Pass Theorem allows us to assume an asymptotic behaviour of the generalised potential function which goes beyond the principal eigenvalue of the negative p-Laplacian with Dirichlet boundary conditions.

Multiple solutions for a non-homogeneous elliptic equation at the critical exponent

2004 ◽  
Vol 134 (1) ◽  
pp. 69-87 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mónica Clapp ◽  
Manuel Del Pino ◽  
Monica Musso
Keyword(s):  
Elliptic Equation ◽  
Boundary Conditions ◽  
Critical Exponent ◽  
Bounded Domain ◽  
Multiple Solutions ◽  
Dirichlet Boundary ◽  
Dirichlet Boundary Conditions ◽  
Sign Changing Solutions ◽  
Homogeneous Elliptic Equation

We consider the equation−Δu = |u|4/(N−2)u + εf(x) under zero Dirichlet boundary conditions in a bounded domain Ω in RN exhibiting certain symmetries, with f ≥ 0, f ≠ 0. In particular, we find that the number of sign-changing solutions goes to infinity for radially symmetric f, as ε → 0 if Ω is a ball. The same is true for the number of negative solutions if Ω is an annulus and the support of f is compact in Ω.

scholarly journals The asymptotically linear Hénon problem

2020 ◽  
pp. 2050042
Author(s):  
Anna Lisa Amadori
Keyword(s):  
Boundary Conditions ◽  
Morse Index ◽  
Dirichlet Boundary ◽  
Dirichlet Boundary Conditions ◽  
Radial Solutions ◽  
Asymptotically Linear ◽  
Planar Case ◽  
Asymptotic Profile ◽  
Least Energy Solutions ◽  
Least Energy

In this paper, we consider the Hénon problem in the ball with Dirichlet boundary conditions. We study the asymptotic profile of radial solutions and then deduce the exact computation of their Morse index when the exponent [Formula: see text] is close to [Formula: see text]. Next we focus on the planar case and describe the asymptotic profile of some solutions which minimize the energy among functions which are invariant for reflection and rotations of a given angle [Formula: see text]. By considerations based on the Morse index we see that, depending on the values of [Formula: see text] and [Formula: see text], such least energy solutions can be radial, or nonradial and different one from another.

scholarly journals The existence of positive solutions for an elliptic boundary value problem

2005 ◽  
Vol 2005 (13) ◽  
pp. 2005-2010
Author(s):  
G. A. Afrouzi
Keyword(s):  
Boundary Conditions ◽  
Positive Solution ◽  
Positive Solutions ◽  
Dirichlet Boundary ◽  
Elliptic Boundary ◽  
Dirichlet Boundary Conditions ◽  
Mountain Pass Lemma ◽  
First Eigenvalue ◽  
Elliptic Boundary Value ◽  
Existence Of Positive Solutions

By using the mountain pass lemma, we study the existence of positive solutions for the equation−Δu(x)=λ(u|u|+u)(x)forx∈Ωtogether with Dirichlet boundary conditions and show that for everyλ<λ1, whereλ1is the first eigenvalue of−Δu=λuinΩwith the Dirichlet boundary conditions, the equation has a positive solution while no positive solution exists forλ≥λ1.

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