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Radial solutions of a semilinear elliptic problem*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 November 2011

M. A. Herrero
Affiliation:
Departamento de Matemática Aplicada, Facultad de Matemáticas, Universidad Complutense, 28040 Madrid, Spain
J. J. L. Velázquez
Affiliation:
Departamento de Matemática Aplicada, Facultad de Matemáticas, Universidad Complutense, 28040 Madrid, Spain

Synopsis

We analyse the set of nonnegative, global, and radial solutions (radial solutions, for short) of the equation

where 0 < p < 1, and is a radial and almost everywhere nonnegative function. We show that radial solutions of (E) exist if f(r) = o(r2p/1−1−p) or if f(r)cr2p/1−p as r → ∞, where

When f(r) = c*r2p/1−p + h(r) with h(r) = o(r2p/1−p) as r → ∞, radial solutions continue to exist if h(r) is sufficiently small at infinity. Existence, however, breaks down if h(r) > 0,

Whenever they exist, radial solutions are characterised in terms of their asymptotic behaviour as r → ∞.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Royal Society of Edinburgh 1991

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